Reference 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.

Configure Storm Control

Storm control is supported in INTERFACE mode and CONFIGURATION mode.

Configuring Storm Control from INTERFACE Mode

To configure storm control, use the following command.

From INTERFACE mode:

• You can only configure storm control for ingress traffic.

• If you configure storm control from both INTERFACE and CONFIGURATION mode, the INTERFACE

mode configurations override the CONFIGURATION mode configurations.

• The storm control is calculated in packets per second.

• Configure storm control.

INTERFACE mode

Configuring Storm Control from CONFIGURATION Mode

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

From CONFIGURATION mode you can configure storm control for ingress and egress traffic.

Do not apply per-virtual local area network (VLAN) quality of service (QoS) on an interface that has

storm-control enabled (either on an interface or globally).

• Configure storm control.

CONFIGURATION mode

Storm Control

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