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Storm protection provides the ability to limit the number of frames entering
the switch, and to define the types of frames that are counted towards this
limit.
When a threshold (limit) is configured on the device, the port discards traffic
when that threshold is reached. The port remains blocked until the traffic rate
drops below this threshold. It then resumes normal forwarding.
To configure Storm Control:
1 Click Switching > Ports > Storm Control in the tree view to display the
Storm Control: Summary page.
Storm control parameters are displayed for all ports on the selected unit.
2 To configure Storm Control on a port, click Edit.
3 Select a port from the Port drop-down list and enter the following fields:
– Broadcast Control — Enable/disable forwarding Broadcast packets on
the specific interface.
– Broadcast Mode — Select the counting mode. The possible options
are:
•
Multicast & Broadcast — Counts Broadcast and Multicast traffic
together towards the bandwidth threshold.
• Broadcast Only — Counts only Broadcast traffic towards the
bandwidth threshold.
– Broadcast Rate Threshold (3500-1000000) — Enter the maximum
rate (Kbits/sec) at which unknown packets are forwarded.
Configuring Storm Control Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the CLI commands for configuring Storm
Control as displayed on the Storm Control pages.
Table 8-10. Storm Control CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
storm-control include-
multicast [unknown-unicast]
no storm-control include-
multicast
Counts Multicast packets in the
Broadcast storm control.
Use the no form of this command to
disable counting of multicast packets in
the Broadcast storm control.