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Information

Broadcast traffic (all 0xFs) should be counted against the broadcast storm control meter, not against

the multicast storm control meter. It is possible, however, that some multicast control traffic may get

dropped when storm control thresholds are exceeded.

storm-control multicast (Interface)

Configure the percentage of multicast traffic allowed on an C-Series or S-Series interface (ingress only) network only.

Syntax

storm-control multicast packets_per_second in

To disable multicast storm control on the interface, use the no storm-control multicast

packets_per_second in command.

Parameters

packets_per_sec

ond

Enter the packets per second of broadcast traffic allowed into the network. The

range is from 0 to 33554368.

Defaults none

Command Modes INTERFACE (conf-if-interface-slot/port)

Command

History

This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell

Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.

Version Description

9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.

9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.

8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.

8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.

8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.

7.6.1.0 Introduced on the C-series and S-Series.

storm-control unknown-unicast (Configuration)

Configure the percentage of unknown-unicast traffic allowed in or out of the network.