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Ethernet Configuration Commands
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The
port storm-control broadcast rate
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode command
configures the maximum broadcast rate. To return to the default configuration, use the
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Syntax
port storm-control broadcast rate
rate
no port storm-control broadcast rate
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rate
— Maximum kilobits per second of broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast
traffic on a port. (Range: 70-250,000 Kbits/Sec, where the following granularity is applied:
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70K - 1M in steps of at least 10K
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1M-10M in steps of at least 1M
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10M-250M in steps based on the requested rate)
Default Configuration
The default storm control broadcast rate is 100 Kbits/Sec.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
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Use the
port storm-control broadcast enable
Interface Configuration mode command to
enable broadcast storm control.
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Since granularity depends on the requested rate, the software displays the actual rate.
Example
The following example configures the maximum storm control broadcast rate at 900 Kbits/Sec
on Ethernet port 1/e5.
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The
show ports storm-control
Privileged EXEC mode command displays the storm
control configuration.
Console(config)#
interface ethernet
1/e5
Console(config-if)#
port storm-control broadcast rate
900