Configuring Storm Control From Configuration Mode - Dell S6000–ON Configuration Manual

• The storm control is calculated in packets per second.
• Configure storm control.
INTERFACE mode
• Configure the packets per second of broadcast traffic allowed on an interface (ingress only).
INTERFACE mode
storm-control broadcast packets_per_second in
• Configure the packets per second of multicast traffic allowed on C-Series or S-Series interface
(ingress only) network only.
INTERFACE mode
storm-control multicast packets_per_second in
• Shut down the port if it receives the PFC/LLFC packets more than the configured rate.
INTERFACE mode
storm-control pfc-llfc pps in shutdown
NOTE: PFC/LLFC storm control enabled interface disables the interfaces if it receives continuous
PFC/LLFC packets. It can be a result of a faulty NIC/Switch that sends spurious PFC/LLFC
packets.

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
• Configure the packets per second of broadcast traffic allowed in the network.
CONFIGURATION mode
storm-control broadcast packets_per_second in
• Configure the packets per second (pps) of multicast traffic allowed on C-Series and S-Series networks
only.
CONFIGURATION mode
storm-control multicast packets_per_second in
• Configure the packets per second of unknown-unicast traffic allowed in or out of the network.
CONFIGURATION mode
storm-control unknown-unicast packets_per_second in
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