Users Guide

Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 409
Storm control parameters are displayed for all ports on the selected unit.
2 To configure Storm Control on a port, click Edit.
3 Select a port from the Port drop-down list and enter the following fields:
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Broadcast Control — Enable/disable forwarding Broadcast packets on
the specific interface.
–
Broadcast Mode — Select the counting mode. The possible options
are:
•
Multicast & Broadcast — Counts Broadcast and Multicast traffic
together towards the bandwidth threshold.
•
Broadcast Only — Counts only Broadcast traffic towards the
bandwidth threshold.
–
Broadcast Rate Threshold (3500-1000000) — Enter the maximum
rate (Kbits/sec) at which unknown packets are forwarded.
Configuring Storm Control Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the CLI commands for configuring Storm
Control as displayed on the Storm Control pages.
Table 10-10. Storm Control CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
storm-control include-
multicast [unknown-unicast]
no storm-control include-
multicast
Counts Multicast packets in the
Broadcast storm control.
Use the no form of this command to
disable counting of multicast packets in
the Broadcast storm control.
storm-control broadcast enable
no storm-control broadcast
enable
Enables Broadcast storm control.
Use the no form of this command to
disable Broadcast storm control.
storm-control broadcast level
kbps
no storm-control broadcast
level
Configures the maximum Broadcast
rate.
Use the no form of this command to
return the Broadcast level to the default
value.