Operation Manual – IP Addressing and IP Performance
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 IP Performance Configuration
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Follow these steps to enable the device to receive directed broadcasts:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable the device to
receive directed
broadcasts
ip forward-broadcast
Required
By default, the device is
disabled from receiving
directed broadcasts.
2.2.2 Enabling Forwarding of Directed Broadcasts to a Directly Connected
Network
Follow these steps to enable the device to forward directed broadcasts:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Enable the interface to
forward directed
broadcasts
ip forward-broadcast
[
acl acl-number
]
Required
By default, the device is
disabled from forwarding
directed broadcasts.
Note:
z
You can reference an ACL to forward only directed broadcasts permitted by the
ACL.
z
If you execute the
ip forward-broadcast acl
command on an interface repeatedly,
the last execution overwrites the previous one. If the command executed last time
does not include the
acl
acl-number
, the ACL configured previously will be
removed.
2.2.3 Configuration Example
I. Network requirements
As shown in
Figure 2-1
, the host’s interface and VLAN-interface 3 of Switch A are on
the same network segment (1.1.1.0/24). VLAN-interface 2 of Switch A and
VLAN-interface 2 of Switch B are on another network segment (2.2.2.0/24). The default
gateway of the host is VLAN-interface 3 (IP address 1.1.1.2/24) of Switch A. Configure
a static route on Switch B to enable the reachability between host and Switch B.