FDB Commands
ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 supports only the Summit X450 family of switches and the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch.
ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 Command Reference Guide
800
enable flooding port
enable flooding [all_cast | broadcast | multicast | unicast] port
[<port_list> | all]
Description
Enables egress flooding on one or more ports. With the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch and the
Summit X450 family of switches, you can further identify the type of packets to flood on the specified
ports. With the BlackDiamond 10808 and 12804 switch, you can flood only all packets or no packets.
Syntax Description
Default
Enabled for all packet types.
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to re-enable egress flooding that you previously disabled using the
disable
flooding port
command.
The following guidelines apply to enabling and disabling egress flooding:
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Disabling multicasting egress flooding does not affect those packets within an IGMP membership
group at all; those packets are still forwarded out. If IGMP snooping is disabled, multicast packets
are not flooded.
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Egress flooding can be disabled on ports that are in a load-sharing group. If that is the situation, the
ports in the group take on the egress flooding state of the master port; each member port of the load-
sharing group has the same state as the master port.
●
FDB learning is independent of egress flooding. FDB learning and egress flooding can be enabled or
disabled independently.
all_cast
Specifies enabling egress flooding for
all
packets on specified ports.
broadcast
Specifies enabling egress flooding only for broadcast packets.
NOTE: This parameter is available only on the BlackDiamond 8800 series
switch and the Summit X450 family of switches.
multicast
Specifies enabling egress flooding only for multicast packets.
NOTE: This parameter is available only on the BlackDiamond 8800 series
switch and the Summit X450 family of switches.
unicast
Specifies enabling egress flooding only for unicast packets.
NOTE: This parameter is available only on the BlackDiamond 8800 series
switch and the Summit X450 family of switches.
port_list
Specifies one or more ports or slots and ports.
all
Specifies all ports on the switch.