Administrator Guide
Version Description
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on ExaScale.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.5.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
storm-control broadcast (Configuration)
Configure the percentage of broadcast traffic allowed in the network.
C9000 Series
Syntax
storm-control broadcast [packets_per_second in]
To disable broadcast rate-limiting, use the no storm-control broadcast [packets_per_second in]
command.
Parameters
packets_per_seco
nd
in
Enter the packets per second of broadcast traffic allowed into the network. The range is
from 0 to 33554368.
Defaults none
Command Modes CONFIGURATION (conf)
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0 E-Series Only: Added the percentage decimal value option.
6.5.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information Broadcast storm control is valid on Layer 2/Layer 3 interfaces only. Layer 2 broadcast traffic is treated as
unknown-unicast traffic.
1610 Storm Control