Storm Control; Configure Storm Control; Configure Storm Control From Interface Mode - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

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Storm Control

zStorm Control

Storm Control for Multicast is supported on platforms:

The storm control feature enables you to control unknown-unicast and broadcast traffic on Layer 2 and

Layer 3 physical interfaces.

FTOS Behavior: On the E-Series, FTOS supports broadcast control for Layer 3 traffic only. To control Layer 2

broadcast traffic use the command

broadcast control (command

FTOS Behavior: On E-Series, bi-directional traffic (unknown unicast and broadcast) along with egress storm

control causes the configured traffic rates to be split between the involved ports. The percentage of traffic that each

port receives after the split is not predictable. These ports can be in the same/different port-pipes or on the same/

different line cards.

FTOS Behavior: The minimum number of packets per second (PPS) that storm control can limit on the S4810 is 2.

Storm control is supported in INTERFACE mode and CONFIGURATION mode

Configure storm control from INTERFACE mode using the command storm control. From INTERFACE

You can only on configure storm control for ingress traffic.

If you configure storm control from both INTERFACE and CONFIGURATION mode, the

INTERFACE mode configurations override the CONFIGURATION mode configurations.

The percentage of storm control is calculated based on the advertised rate of the line card, not by the

speed setting.

is supported on platforms:

storm-control unknown-unicast

storm-control broadcast

. On the C-Series and S-Series, FTOS supports

) for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic.

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