Config Traffic Control - Extreme Networks EAS 200-24p Switch CLI Manual

Chapter 62: Traffic Control Command List

config traffic control

Description
This command is used to configure broadcast/ multicast/ unicast packet storm control. Shutdown
mode is provided to monitor the traffic rate in addition to the storm control drop mode. If traffic rate is
too high, this port will be shut down.
Format
config traffic control [<portlist> | all] {broadcast [enable | disable] |
multicast [enable | disable] | unicast [enable | disable] | action [drop] |
threshold <value 0-255000>}
Parameters
<portlist> - Used to specify a range of ports to be configured.
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all - Specifies that all the ports will be used for this configuration.
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broadcast - (Optional) Enable or disable broadcast storm control.
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enable - Specifies that broadcast storm control will be enabled.
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disable - Specifies that broadcast storm control will be disabled.
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multicast - (Optional) Enable or disable multicast storm control.
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enable - Specifies that multicast storm control will be enabled.
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disable - Specifies that multicast storm control will be disabled.
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unicast - (Optional) Enable or disable unknown packet storm control. (Supported for drop mode
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only.)
enable - Specifies that unicast storm control will be enabled.
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disable - Specifies that unicast storm control will be disabled.
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action – Specifies what action should be taken.
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drop - Specifies that the action applied will be drop mode.
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threshold - (Optional) The upper threshold, at which point the specified storm control is triggered.
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The <value> is the number of broadcast/multicast packets per second received by the switch that
will trigger the storm traffic control measure. The threshold is expressed as PPS (packets per second)
and must be an unsigned integer.
<value 0-255000> - Enter the upper threshold value here. This value must be between 0 and
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255000.
Restrictions
Only Administrator, Operator and Power-User level users can issue this command.
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