Storm Control; Configure Storm Control; Configure Storm Control From Interface Mode - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

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Storm Control

is supported on platforms:

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 storm-control unknown-unicast. On the C-Series and

S-Series, FTOS supports broadcast control (command storm-control broadcast) for Layer 2 and Layer

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.

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