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Storm Control

Overview

The storm control feature allows you to control unknown-unicast and broadcast traffic on Layer 2, Layer 3,

and multicast physical interfaces.

Configure Storm Control

Storm control is supported in INTERFACE mode and CONFIGURATION mode

Configure Storm Control from INTERFACE Mode

To configure storm control, use the storm control command from INTERFACE mode.

You can only configure storm control for ingress traffic in INTERFACE mode. If you configure storm

control from both INTERFACE and CONFIGURATION mode, the INTERFACE mode configurations

override the CONFIGURATION mode configurations.

Configure Storm Control from CONFIGURATION Mode

To configure storm control, use the storm control command from CONFIGURATION mode.

You can configure storm control for ingress traffic in CONFIGURATION mode. Do not apply per-virtual

local area network (per-VLAN) quality of service (QoS) on an interface that you have enabled

storm-control (either on an interface or globally)

FTOS Behavior: The Dell Force10 operating software (FTOS) supports broadcast control

(storm-control broadcast command) for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic.

FTOS Behavior: The minimum number of packets per second (PPS) that storm control can limit is

two.