Configuring Traffic Suppression on an Interface

This section describes how to configure traffic suppression on an interface to reduce the load that a large volume of traffic poses on the network.

Traffic suppression can be configured only on interfaces that work in Layer 2 mode.

Run system-view
The system view is displayed.
Run interface interface-type interface-number
The interface view is displayed.
Run portswitch
The working mode of the interface is switched to Layer 2.
Run broadcast-suppression { percent-value | value bw-value } { inbound | outbound }
Broadcast traffic suppression is configured on the interface.
Run multicast-suppression { percent-value | value bw-value } { inbound | outbound }
Multicast traffic suppression is configured on the interface.
Run unknown-unicast-suppression { percent-value | value bw-value } { inbound | outbound }
Unknown unicast traffic suppression is configured on the interface.
Run commit
The configuration is committed.