Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control (Cli); Configuring Flow Control And Storm Control - Dell M6220 User Configuration Manual

Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control (CLI)

This section provides information about the commands you use to configure
port-based traffic control settings. For more information about the
commands, see the
Reference Guide

Configuring Flow Control and Storm Control

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to
configure the flow control and storm control features.
Command
configure
flowcontrol
interface
interface
storm-control broadcast
rate
[level ]
storm-control multicast
rate
[level ]
storm-control unicast
rate
[level ]
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Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control
PowerConnect M6220/M6348/M8024/M8024-k CLI
at support.dell.com/manuals.
Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Globally enable flow control.
Enter interface configuration mode for the specified
interface. The
and number, for example gigabitethernet 1/0/3.
You can also specify a range of interfaces with the interface
range command, for example, interface range
gigabitethernet 1/0/8-12 configures interfaces 8, 9, 10, 11,
and 12.
Enable broadcast storm recovery mode on the interface
and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate
— threshold as percentage of port speed. The
percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based
on a 512 byte average packet size.
Enable multicast storm recovery mode on the interface
and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate
— threshold as percentage of port speed. The
percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based
on a 512 byte average packet size.
Enable unknown unicast storm recovery mode on the
interface and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate
— threshold as percentage of port speed. The
percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based
on a 512 byte average packet size.
interface
variable includes the interface type