Configuring Storm Control; Understanding Storm Control - Cisco 3020 - Catalyst Blade Switch Configuration Manual

Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control
This chapter describes how to configure the port-based traffic control features on the switch.
For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the command
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Configuring Storm Control

These sections contain this conceptual and configuration information:
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Understanding Storm Control

Storm control prevents traffic on a LAN from being disrupted by a broadcast, multicast, or unicast storm
on one of the physical interfaces. A LAN storm occurs when packets flood the LAN, creating excessive
traffic and degrading network performance. Errors in the protocol-stack implementation, mistakes in
network configurations, or users issuing a denial-of-service attack can cause a storm.
Storm control (or traffic suppression) monitors packets passing from an interface to the switching bus
and determines if the packet is unicast, multicast, or broadcast. The switch counts the number of packets
of a specified type received within the 1-second time interval and compares the measurement with a
predefined suppression-level threshold.
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Configuring Storm Control, page 19-1
Configuring Protected Ports, page 19-5
Configuring Port Blocking, page 19-6
Configuring Port Security, page 19-7
Displaying Port-Based Traffic Control Settings, page 19-16
Understanding Storm Control, page 19-1
Default Storm Control Configuration, page 19-3
Configuring Storm Control and Threshold Levels, page 19-3
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