Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control (Cli); Configuring Flow Control And Storm Control - Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Configuration Manual

Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control (CLI)

This section provides information about the commands you use to configure
port-based traffic control settings. For more information about the
commands, see the
support.dell.com/manuals.

Configuring Flow Control and Storm Control

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to
configure the flow control and storm control features.
Command
configure
flowcontrol
interface
interface
storm-control broadcast
rate
[level ]
storm-control multicast
rate
[level ]
storm-control unicast
rate
[level ]
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Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control
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Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Globally enable flow control.
Enter interface configuration mode for the specified
interface. The
and number, for example tengigabitethernet 1/0/3.
You can also specify a range of interfaces with the interface
range command, for example, interface range
tengigabitethernet 1/0/8-12 configures interfaces 8, 9, 10,
11, and 12.
Enable broadcast storm recovery mode on the interface
and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate
— threshold as percentage of port speed. The
percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based
on a 512 byte average packet size.
Enable multicast storm recovery mode on the interface
and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate
— threshold as percentage of port speed. The
percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based
on a 512 byte average packet size.
Enable unknown unicast storm recovery mode on the
interface and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate
— threshold as percentage of port speed. The
percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based
on a 512 byte average packet size.
interface
variable includes the interface type
at