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switchport broadcast
Use this command to configure broadcast storm control. Use the
no form to disable broadcast storm control.
Syntax
switchport broadcast packet-rate rate
no switchport broadcast
rate - Threshold level as a rate; i.e., packets per second.
(Range: 16, 64, 128, 256)
Default Setting
Enabled for all ports
Packet-rate limit: 256 packets per second
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet)
Command Usage
• When broadcast traffic exceeds the specified threshold, packets
above that threshold are dropped.
• This command can enable or disable broadcast storm control
for the selected interface. However, the specified threshold
value applies to all ports on the switch.
• Enabling jumbo frames for the switch will limit the maximum
threshold for broadcast storm control to 64 packets per second.
Example
The following shows how to configure broadcast storm control at
64 packets per second on port 5:
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#switchport broadcast packet-rate 64
Console(config-if)#
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