There is an option to limit the data throughput in MB/min after the image is loaded for transmission in Ghost 7.5. I've seen this issue after/while moving from Novell to MS. Never saw it while we were a Netware shop even if IP was the preferred protocol. HTH
Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" To: Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:45 PM Subject: RE: Help.. for Broadcast/Multicast Storm [7:66823] > alaerte Vidali wrote: > > > > Maybe you could try a big value, for example 10% broadcast > > suppression and see the behavior of your network. Them, you > > could adjust it. Once I used 1% without problem, but it seems > > I had less broadcast/multicast than you. > > > > Also, I think you could limit the bandwidth used by specific > > broadcasts generated by specific sources. (I never tested > > limiting broadcast in this way) > > > > Something like that on 6000 with hybrid version: > > > > set qos policer aggregate PROV rate 100000 burst 10000 drop > > > > set qos acl ip PROV-QoS dscp 10 aggregate PROV ip host 1.1.1.1 > > host 1.1.1.255 > > > > This command would also mark the packets, in this case with the > > DSCP value 10. > > This is not a good solution for most of the broadcast packets that he > mentioned, EIGRP Hellos, DHCP, and ARP. Those represent perfectly normal > traffic that must not be supressed if you want the network to work! :-) > > He also mentioned the Symantec Ghost disk imaging software that is sending > to 224.77.x.x. For now, he implemented a VLAN to segregate this traffic. > > I do hear a lot of complains about this Ghost. Does it really need to send > multicasts? Does anyone have any ideas how to make it less of a bad network > citizen? Do you use a VLAN? I think this is where we need to concentrate to > help the original poster. > > Gotta run. Please comment if you can, folks. It would be very helpful. > THANKS. > > Priscilla > > > > > > > > Regards Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66902&t=66823 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
