Storm Control; Overview; Configuring Storm Control; Configuring Storm Control From Interface Mode - Dell Force10 MXL Blade Configuration Manual

Storm Control

This chapter contains the following sections:
•

Overview

•

Configuring Storm Control

Overview
The storm control feature allows you to control unknown-unicast and broadcast traffic on Layer 2, Layer 3,
and multicast physical interfaces.
FTOS Behavior: The Dell Force10 operating software (FTOS) supports broadcast control
(
storm-control broadcast
FTOS Behavior: The minimum number of packets per second (PPS) that storm control can limit is
two.
Configuring Storm Control
Storm control is supported in INTERFACE mode and CONFIGURATION mode

Configuring Storm Control from INTERFACE Mode

To configure storm control, use the
You can only configure storm control for ingress traffic in INTERFACE mode. If you configure storm
control from both INTERFACE and CONFIGURATION mode, the INTERFACE mode configurations
override the CONFIGURATION mode configurations.

Configuring Storm Control from CONFIGURATION Mode

To configure storm control, use the
command) for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic.
command from INTERFACE mode.
storm control
command from CONFIGURATION mode.
storm control
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