Broadcast Control - Dell PowerConnect 5212 System User's Manual

Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half
Console(config-if)#flowcontrol

Broadcast Control

In the Broadcast Control page, you can enable and disable broadcast control for all ports on the switch.
The Broadcast Control page also contains the following editable fields:
Broadcast Control Status — Allows you to enable/disable broadcast storm control for all ports on the switch. When enabled, the switch employs a
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broadcast-control mechanism if the packet-per-second threshold on a port is exceeded. (The default is enabled.)
Threshold (16,64,128,256) — The packet-per-second threshold for broadcast packets received on a port. Possible values are 16, 64, 128, or 256
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packets per second. (The default is 256 packets per second.) If jumbo frames are enabled on the switch, the maximum threshold for broadcast storm
control is limited to 64 packets per second.
To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes. If you don't want to save the changes, click Refresh.
NOTE: Broadcast control does not affect IP multicast traffic.
CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI command for items in the Ports/Broadcast Control web page.
Command
switchport broadcast packet-rate rate
Example
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#switchport broadcast packet-rate 64
Console(config-if)#
Usage
Configures broadcast storm control (applies to all ports)