Port Storm-Control Broadcast Enable - Dell PowerConnect 3424 Cli Reference Manual

Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
• To control multicasts storms, use the port storm-control broadcast enable and port storm-
control broadcast rate commands.
Example
The following example enables counting broadcast and multicast packets on Ethernet port 2/e3.
Console(config)# interface ethernet 2/e3
Console(config-if)# port storm-control include-multicast

port storm-control broadcast enable

The port storm-control broadcast enable Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode command
enables broadcast storm control. To disable broadcast storm control, use the no form of this
command.
Syntax
port storm-control broadcast enable
no port storm-control broadcast enable
Default Configuration
Broadcast storm control is disabled.
Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
• Use the port storm-control broadcast rate Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
command, to set the maximum allowable broadcast rate.
• Use the port storm-control include-multicast Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
command to count multicast packets and optionally unknown unicast packets in the storm
control calculation.
Example
The following example enables storm control on Ethernet port 1/e5.
Console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e5
Console(config-if)# port storm-control broadcast enable
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