
Ethernet Configuration Commands
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Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
•
To control multicasts storms, use the
port storm-control broadcast enable
and
port storm-
control broadcast rate
commands.
Example
The following example enables counting broadcast and multicast packets on Ethernet port 2/e3.
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The
port storm-control broadcast enable
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode command
enables broadcast storm control. To disable broadcast storm control, use the
no
form of this
command.
Syntax
port storm-control broadcast enable
no port storm-control broadcast enable
Default Configuration
Broadcast storm control is disabled.
Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
•
Use the
port storm-control broadcast rate
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
command, to set the maximum allowable broadcast rate.
•
Use the
port storm-control include-multicast
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
command to count multicast packets and optionally unknown unicast packets in the storm
control calculation.
Example
The following example enables storm control on Ethernet port 1/e5.
Console(config)#
interface ethernet
2/e3
Console(config-if)#
port storm-control include-multicast
Console(config)#
interface ethernet
1/e5
Console(config-if)#
port storm-control broadcast enable