Specifications

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BROADCAST STORM CONTROL COMMANDS
The broadcast storm control commands in the Command Line Interface (CLI) are listed (along with the
appropriate parameters) in the following table.
Command Parameters
config traffic control {[ports [<portlist> | all]] state [enable | disable] | [storm_type
[broadcast | broadcast_multicast]] | threshold [int 3500-1000000]]}
show traffic control {ports <portlist>}
Each command is listed, in detail, in the following sections.
config traffic control
Purpose Used to configure broadcast / multicast traffic control.
Syntax
config traffic control {[ports [<portlist> | all]] state [enable |
disable] | [storm_type [broadcast | broadcast_multicast]] |
threshold [int 3500-1000000]]}
Description This command is used to configure broadcast storm control.
Parameters ports <portlist> - Enter a port or range of ports to be configured.
all − Specifies all ports on the Switch will be configured.
storm_type – Allows the user to enter a type of broadcast storm for
which to configure the traffic control. The user may choose one of
the following:
 broadcast – Entering this parameter will enable broadcast
storm control only.
 broadcast_multicast – Entering this parameter will enable
broadcast and multicast storm control.
threshold [int 3500-1000000] − The upper threshold at which the
specified traffic control is switched on. The value is the number of
broadcast/multicast/dlf packets, in Kbps, received by the Switch that
will trigger the storm traffic control measures. The value ranges in
size from 3500 to 1000000 Kbps.
Restrictions Only administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example usage:
To configure traffic control and enable broadcast storm control system wide: