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Broadcast Storm Control
Broadcast Storm Control
is supported on platforms:
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This chapter contains the following configuration topics:
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Layer 3 Broadcast Storm Control on page 1044
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Layer 2 Broadcast Storm Control on page 1045
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Multicast Storm Control on page 1046
Storm Control Overview
FTOS Storm Control is a preventative measure against unexpectedly high rates of broadcast or multicast
packets; these traffic bursts are called
storms
. If the rate of these packets on ingress or egress exceeds a
user-defined threshold, FTOS, when configured, can suppress forwarding for these packets until the packet
rate falls back to the configured limit.
Situations that Can Lead to Packet Storms
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Layer 2 Broadcasts—
A switch might not have an entry in its MAC address table that matches a
packet’s destination MAC. In this case, the switch floods the packet on the VLAN. These packets are
called unknown-packets; they cause unnecessary extra traffic and can reduce network performance.
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Layer 3 Broadcast Packets
—There are two types of Layer 3 broadcast packets: the all-hosts
broadcast, the IP address of which is 255.255.255.255, and the subnet broadcast address, the address of
which has the host portion of the address set to all ones; for example, 10.11.1.255/24 is the broadcast
address for the 10.11.1.0 network. Some protocols utilize broadcasts more than others and so storm
control might be useful to prevent congestion.
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Multicast Packets—
Multicast packets are packets that use a special range of MAC and IP addresses
to send packets to a group of hosts, rather than a single host. Some multicast applications can cause
excessive bandwidth consumption, and storm control can be used (in conjunction with IGMP
Snooping) to limit multicast traffic.
Summary of Contents for Force10 E300
Page 1: ...FTOS Configuration Guide FTOS 8 4 2 7 E Series TeraScale C Series S Series S50 S25 ...
Page 32: ...32 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 132: ...132 802 1X w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 310: ...310 Configuration Replace and Rollback w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 330: ...330 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 402: ...402 High Availability w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 462: ...462 Interfaces w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 482: ...482 IPv4 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 506: ...506 IPv6 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 582: ...582 Layer 2 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 642: ...642 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 662: ...662 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 690: ...690 Object Tracking w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 754: ...754 PIM Dense Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 784: ...784 PIM Source Specific Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 800: ...800 Power over Ethernet w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 876: ...876 Quality of Service w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 892: ...892 Routing Information Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1006: ...1006 Simple Network Management Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1018: ...1018 SONET SDH w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1048: ...1048 Broadcast Storm Control w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1096: ...1096 Uplink Failure Detection UFD w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1098: ...1098 Upgrade Procedures w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1196: ...1196 C Series Debugging and Diagnostics w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1252: ...1252 Standards Compliance w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1262: ...1262 Index w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...