Storm control – Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) User Manual
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Switching Introduction
Software Reference for x310 Series Switches
14.12
AlliedWare Plus
TM
Operating System - Version 5.4.4C
C613-50046-01 REV A
Storm control
The packet storm-control feature enables you to set limits on the reception rate of
broadcast, multicast frames and destination lookup failures. You can set separate limits
beyond which each of the different packet types are discarded.
For more information on applying storm-control, see the
.
To apply storm-control by limiting broadcasts to 30% on port1.0.4:
To turn off storm protection on port1.0.4:
Note
A destination lookup failure (DLF) is the event of receiving a unicast Ethernet
frame with an unknown destination address.
awplus(config-if)#
configure terminal
Enter Global Configuration mode.
awplus(config-if)#
interface port1.0.4
Enter the Interface Configuration
mode for the selected port.
awplus(config-if)#
storm-control broadcast level 30
Configure the interface.
awplus(config-if)#
configure terminal
Enter Global Configuration mode.
awplus(config-if)#
interface port1.0.4
Enter the Interface Configuration mode
for the selected port.
awplus(config-if)#
no storm-control broadcast level
Configure the interface.