I configured the rate limt on the other switch:
and on one port I still see many multicast but with pause frames and Dropped On No Resources:
(config-if)#sh port-statistics port 2
Received
Packets: 9736
Multicasts: 19472
Broadcasts: 0
Total Octets: 623104
FCS Errors: 0
Undersized Packets: 0
Oversized Packets: 0
Filtered Packets: 0
Pause Frames: 9736
Transmitted
Packets: 9736
Multicasts: 8784
Broadcasts: 935
Total Octets: 840303
Collisions: 0
Single Collisions: 0
Multiple Collisions: 0
Excessive Collisions: 0
Deferred Packets: 0
Late Collisions: 0
Pause Frames: 0
Packets 64 bytes: 11481
65-127 bytes: 7896
128-255 bytes: 95
256-511 bytes: 0
512-1023 bytes: 0
1024-1518 bytes: 0
1519-9216 bytes(Jumbo): 0
Dropped On No Resources: 13613
I'm lookong for a great description of these "paused" and "dropped" frames, but still with no success. Where can I find it?
On the other port I see the filtered frames:
(config-if)#sh port-statistics port 11
Received
Packets: 21795
Multicasts: 836
Broadcasts: 1447
Total Octets: 2509829
FCS Errors: 149
Undersized Packets: 70
Oversized Packets: 0
Filtered Packets: 734
Pause Frames: 0
Transmitted
Packets: 1380657
Multicasts: 1215311
Broadcasts: 123384
Total Octets: 169394164
Collisions: 0
Single Collisions: 0
Multiple Collisions: 0
Excessive Collisions: 0
Deferred Packets: 0
Late Collisions: 0
Pause Frames: 0
Packets 64 bytes: 178119
65-127 bytes: 1155404
128-255 bytes: 26925
256-511 bytes: 8583
512-1023 bytes: 2439
1024-1518 bytes: 30982
1519-9216 bytes(Jumbo): 0
Dropped On No Resources: 0
CPU
sh cpu
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CPU Utilization
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Unit/ Last 10 Sec, 1 Min, 10 Min, 60 Min, 24 Hrs, System Boot-Up
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1 17% 21% 25% 23% 16% 16%
MEMORY
sh memory-utilization
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Memory Utilization
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Unit/ Total Used Free
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1 128Mbytes 106Mbytes 22 Mbytes