Users Guide

Storm Control

Storm control allows you to control unknown-unicast, muticast, and broadcast traffic on Layer 2 and Layer 3

physical interfaces.

Dell Networking Operating System (OS) Behavior: Dell Networking OS supports unknown-unicast, muticast,

and broadcast control for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic.

To view the storm control broadcast configuration show storm-control broadcast | multicast |

unknown-unicast | pfc-llfc

[interface] command.

EXEC Privilege

To view the storm control multicast configuration, use the show storm-control broadcast |

multicast | unknown-unicast | pfc-llfc [interface] command.

EXEC Privilege

Example:

Dell#show storm-control multicast Tengigabitethernet 1/1/1

Multicast storm control configuration

Interface Direction Packets/Second

-----------------------------------------

Te 1/1/1 Ingress 5

Dell#

To display the storm control unknown-unicast configuration, use the show storm-control unknown-

unicast [interface] command.

EXEC Privilege

Topics:

• Configure Storm Control

• Detect PFC Storm

• Restore Queue Drop State

• PFC Storm

• View Details of Storm Control PFC

Configure Storm Control

Storm control is supported in INTERFACE mode and CONFIGURATION mode.

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