DGS-3024 Layer 2 Switch CLI Reference Manual
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The broadcast storm control commands in the Command Line Interface (CLI) are listed (along with the appropriate parameters)
in the following table.
Command Parameters
config traffic control [ports [<portlist> | all] state [enable | disable] | storm_type
[broadcast | broadcast_multicast | broadcast_dlf |
broadcast_multicast_dlf] | threshold [10 | 100 | 1000 | 10000 |
15000]]
show traffic control
{ports <portlist>}
Each command is listed, in detail, in the following sections.
config traffic control
Purpose
Used to configure broadcast / multicast traffic control.
Syntax
config traffic control [ports [<portlist> | all] state [enable |
disable] | storm_type [broadcast | broadcast_multicast |
broadcast_dlf | broadcast_multicast_dlf] | threshold [10 | 100 |
1000 | 10000 | 15000]]
Description
This command is used to configure broadcast storm control.
Parameters
ports <portlist>
- Enter a port or range of ports to be configured.
all
−
Specifies all ports on the Switch will be configured.
storm_type
– Allows the user to enter a type of broadcast storm for
which to configure the traffic control. The user may choose one of
the following:
broadcast
– Entering this parameter will enable broadcast
storm control only.
broadcast_multicast
– Entering this parameter will enable
broadcast and multicast storm control.
broadcast_dlf
– Entering this parameter will enable
broadcast and destination lookup failure (dlf) storm control.
broadcast_multicast_dlf
– Entering this parameter will
enable broadcast, multicast and destination lookup failure (dlf)
storm control.
threshold [10 | 100 | 1000 | 10000 | 15000]
−
The upper threshold at
which the specified traffic control is switched on. The value is the
number of broadcast/multicast/dlf packets, in Kbps, received by the
Switch that will trigger the storm traffic control measures. The value
ranges in size from 10 to 15000 Kbps.
Restrictions Only
administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example usage:
To configure traffic control and enable broadcast storm control system wide:
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