Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]

2002-03-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Greetings all,

Is there a trick or a way to control utilization on a switch port?
Assuming we want the user to use only 5 MB instead of 10.  No special
requirement at this time, just curious.

Thanks..Nabil




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Re: Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]

2002-03-21 Thread Bob Timmons

I imagine it may depend on the switch.  On the 3500's (or I guess any switch
with IOS), you can specify the bandwidth command on any interface, but I've
never tried it and don't know how well it works.

SWITCH1(config)#int fast 0/13
SWITCH1(config-if)#bandwidth ?
Bandwidth in kilobits


 Greetings all,

 Is there a trick or a way to control utilization on a switch port?
 Assuming we want the user to use only 5 MB instead of 10.  No special
 requirement at this time, just curious.

 Thanks..Nabil




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Re: Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]

2002-03-21 Thread sam sneed

I never knew about this command. It is undocumented:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/29_35wc3/cref/cl
icmds.htm

not there!!!

I may try and play with it to see if it works.

Bob Timmons  wrote in message
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 I imagine it may depend on the switch.  On the 3500's (or I guess any
switch
 with IOS), you can specify the bandwidth command on any interface, but
I've
 never tried it and don't know how well it works.

 SWITCH1(config)#int fast 0/13
 SWITCH1(config-if)#bandwidth ?
 Bandwidth in kilobits


  Greetings all,
 
  Is there a trick or a way to control utilization on a switch port?
  Assuming we want the user to use only 5 MB instead of 10.  No special
  requirement at this time, just curious.
 
  Thanks..Nabil




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Re: Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]

2002-03-21 Thread Gaz

Similar use to the bandwidth command on routers - calculation of path costs.
Can't have any effect on the clocking speed though.
Looking at the URL you gave though there are loads of interface commands
missing like description, loopback, logging to name but a few. Haven't
checked any others but doesn't look like a very complete list.
They're from 12.0.5 as well..dunno what's happened there...they got
lazy?

Gaz


sam sneed  wrote in message
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 I never knew about this command. It is undocumented:


http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/29_35wc3/cref/cl
 icmds.htm

 not there!!!

 I may try and play with it to see if it works.

 Bob Timmons  wrote in message
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
  I imagine it may depend on the switch.  On the 3500's (or I guess any
 switch
  with IOS), you can specify the bandwidth command on any interface, but
 I've
  never tried it and don't know how well it works.
 
  SWITCH1(config)#int fast 0/13
  SWITCH1(config-if)#bandwidth ?
  Bandwidth in kilobits
 
 
   Greetings all,
  
   Is there a trick or a way to control utilization on a switch port?
   Assuming we want the user to use only 5 MB instead of 10.  No special
   requirement at this time, just curious.
  
   Thanks..Nabil




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RE: Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]

2002-03-21 Thread Robertson, Douglas

You could use a feature called storm control, I have not actually used this
to control Unicast utilization ( mostly use this feature for Broadcast
control) however the principle would be the same for multicast and Unicast
traffic.

Storm control is enabled, the switch monitors packets passing from an
interface to the switching bus and determines if the packet is unicast,
multicast, or broadcast. The switch monitors the number of broadcast,
multicast, or unicast packets received within the 1-second time interval,
and when a threshold for one type of traffic is reached, that type of
traffic is dropped. This threshold is specified as a percentage of total
available bandwidth that can be used by broadcast (multicast
or unicast) traffic. 

Look at the below URL for configuration 
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c3550/1218ea1/3550scg/sw
bcsup.htm#xtocid7

Doug

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Subject: Re: Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]


Similar use to the bandwidth command on routers - calculation of path costs.
Can't have any effect on the clocking speed though.
Looking at the URL you gave though there are loads of interface commands
missing like description, loopback, logging to name but a few. Haven't
checked any others but doesn't look like a very complete list.
They're from 12.0.5 as well..dunno what's happened there...they got
lazy?

Gaz


sam sneed  wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
 I never knew about this command. It is undocumented:


http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/29_35wc3/cref/cl
 icmds.htm

 not there!!!

 I may try and play with it to see if it works.

 Bob Timmons  wrote in message
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
  I imagine it may depend on the switch.  On the 3500's (or I guess any
 switch
  with IOS), you can specify the bandwidth command on any interface, but
 I've
  never tried it and don't know how well it works.
 
  SWITCH1(config)#int fast 0/13
  SWITCH1(config-if)#bandwidth ?
  Bandwidth in kilobits
 
 
   Greetings all,
  
   Is there a trick or a way to control utilization on a switch port?
   Assuming we want the user to use only 5 MB instead of 10.  No special
   requirement at this time, just curious.
  
   Thanks..Nabil




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Re: Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Williams

Gaz wrote:
 
 Similar use to the bandwidth command on routers - calculation
 of path costs.
 Can't have any effect on the clocking speed though.

Agreed.  Even on routers bandwidth is simply used to calculate load (x/255)
and used in routing protocol metrics (IGRP/EIGRP for sure), but doesn't
affect the actual bandwidth/speed of an interface.

 Looking at the URL you gave though there are loads of interface
 commands
 missing like description, loopback, logging to name but a few.
 Haven't
 checked any others but doesn't look like a very complete list.
 They're from 12.0.5 as well..dunno what's happened
 there...they got
 lazy?

I don't know if it's lazy or they just got tired of managing so many
different versions of the same thing.  Personally I reference their mammoth
IP IOS command guide.  It's in three volumes.  Here are links to them:
(careful of wrap on all of these URLs)

Volume I - Addressing and Services
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fipras_r/

Volume II - Routing Protocols
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fiprrp_r/

Volume III - Multicast
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fiprmc_r/

That's a combined document of almost 1200 pages.

HTH,
Mike W.




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Re: Controlling utilization on switch port [7:39038]

2002-03-21 Thread Erick B.

The bandwidth command in IOS is used by some routing
protocols (part of metric calc) and other router
functions/services. This command on the switch, being
IOS is probably the same and I'm not sure how
effective it would be unless the switch had L3
functions, etc.

--- sam sneed  wrote:
 I never knew about this command. It is undocumented:
 

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/29_35wc3/cref/cl
 icmds.htm
 
 not there!!!
 
 I may try and play with it to see if it works.
 
 Bob Timmons  wrote in message
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
  I imagine it may depend on the switch.  On the
 3500's (or I guess any
 switch
  with IOS), you can specify the bandwidth command
 on any interface, but
 I've
  never tried it and don't know how well it works.
 
  SWITCH1(config)#int fast 0/13
  SWITCH1(config-if)#bandwidth ?
  Bandwidth in kilobits
 
 
   Greetings all,
  
   Is there a trick or a way to control utilization
 on a switch port?
   Assuming we want the user to use only 5 MB
 instead of 10.  No special
   requirement at this time, just curious.
  
   Thanks..Nabil
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