Broadcast Storm Control; Displaying Broadcast-Storm Control Status; Disabling Broadcast Storm Control - Dell PowerEdge M IO Aggregator Command Reference Manual

Broadcast Storm Control

On the Aggregator, the broadcast storm control feature is enabled by default on all ports, and disabled on a
port when an iSCSI storage device is detected. Broadcast storm control is re-enabled as soon as the
connection with an iSCSI device ends.
Broadcast traffic on Layer 2 and Layer 3 interfaces is limited or suppressed during a broadcast storm. You
can view the status of a broadcast-storm control operation by using the
storm-control status
broadcast storm-control
FTOS Behavior: If broadcast traffic exceeds 1000 Mbps, the Aggregator limits it to 1000 Mbps per
port-pipe.

Displaying Broadcast-Storm Control Status

To display the status of a current storm control operation, enter the following command:
Task
Display status (enabled/disabled) of broadcast storm
control and the traffic limit applied.

Disabling Broadcast Storm Control

To disable broadcast storm control on an Aggregator, enter the following command:
Task
Disable broadcast storm control.
To re-enable broadcast storm control, enter the
command. You can disable broadcast storm control by using the
command.
Command
show io-aggregator broadcast
storm-control status
Command
no io-aggregator broadcast
storm-control
io-aggregator broadcast storm-control
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show io-aggregator broadcast
no io-aggregator
Command Mode
EXEC Privilege
Command Mode
CONFIGURATION
command.
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