Quick Reference Guide

196 Ethernet Configuration Commands
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Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode.
User Guidelines
• To control Multicasts storms, use the port storm-control broadcast enable and port storm-
control broadcast rate
commands.
Example
The following example enables counting Broadcast and Multicast packets on Ethernet port 2/e3.
port storm-control broadcast enable
The port storm-control broadcast enable Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode command
enables Broadcast storm control. Use the no form of this command to disable Broadcast storm
control.
Syntax
• port storm-control broadcast enable
• no port storm-control broadcast enable
Default Configuration
Broadcast storm control is disabled.
Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode.
User Guidelines
•Use the port storm-control broadcast rate Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode command,
to set the maximum allowable Broadcast rate.
•Use the
port storm-control include-multicast Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
command to count Multicast packets in the storm control calculation.
• The command can be enabled on specific port only if
rate-limit interface configuration
command is not enabled on that port.
Console(config)# interface ethernet 2/e3
Console(config-if)# port storm-control include-multicast