Reference Guide

storm-control multicast (Configuration)
Configure the packets per second (pps) of multicast traffic allowed into the C-Series and S-Series networks only.
Z-Series
Syntax
storm-control multicast packets_per_second in
To disable storm-control for multicast traffic into the network, use the no storm-control
multicast packets_per_second in command.
Parameters
packets_per_sec
ond in
Enter the packets per second of multicast 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 FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the C-series and S-Series.
Usage
Information
Broadcast traffic (all 0xFs) should be counted against the broadcast storm control meter, not
against the multicast storm control meter. It is possible, however, that some multicast control
traffic may get dropped when storm control thresholds are exceeded.
storm-control multicast (Interface)
Configure the percentage of multicast traffic allowed on an C-Series or S-Series interface (ingress only) network only.
Z-Series
Syntax
storm-control multicast packets_per_second in
To disable multicast storm control on the interface, use the no storm-control
multicast
packets_per_second in command.
Parameters
packets_per_sec
ond in
Enter the packets per second of broadcast traffic allowed into the
network. The range is from 0 to 33554368.
Defaults none
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