Users Guide

Port-Based Traffic Control 919
Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control (CLI)
This section provides information about the commands used for configuring
port-based traffic control settings. For more information about the
commands, see the Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON, N1500, N2000,
N2100-ON, N2200-ON, and N3100-ON Series Switches CLI Reference
Guide at www.dell.com/support.
Configuring Flow Control and Storm Control
Use the following commands to configure the flow control and storm control
features.
Command Purpose
configure Enter global configuration mode.
flowcontrol receive on Globally enable flow control. (Enabled by default)
interface interface Enter interface configuration mode for the specified
interface. The interface variable includes the interface type
and number, for example tengigabitethernet 1/0/3.
A range of interfaces can be specified using the interface
range command. For example, interface range
tengigabitethernet 1/0/8-12 configures interfaces 8, 9, 10,
11, and 12.
storm-control broadcast
[level rate]
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.
storm-control multicast
[level rate]
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.