DETAILED STEPS
Purpose
Command or Action
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if
prompted.
enable
Example:
Switch>
enable
Step 1
Enters the global configuration mode.
configure terminal
Example:
Switch#
configure terminal
Step 2
Enables the small-frame rate-arrival feature on the switch.
errdisable detect cause small-frame
Example:
Switch(config)#
errdisable detect cause
Step 3
small-frame
(Optional) Specifies the time to recover from the specified
error-disabled state.
errdisable recovery interval interval
Example:
Switch(config)#
errdisable recovery interval
Step 4
60
(Optional) Configures the recovery time for error-disabled
ports to be automatically re-enabled after they are error
disabled by the arrival of small frames
errdisable recovery cause small-frame
Example:
Switch(config)#
errdisable recovery cause
Step 5
Storm control is supported on physical interfaces. You can
also configure storm control on an EtherChannel. When storm
small-frame
control is configured on an EtherChannel, the storm control
settings propagate to the EtherChannel physical interfaces.
Enters interface configuration mode, and specify the interface
to be configured.
interface interface-id
Example:
Switch(config)#
interface
Step 6
gigabitethernet1/0/2
Configures the threshold rate for the interface to drop
incoming packets and error disable the port. The range is 1 to
10,000 packets per second (pps)
small-frame violation-rate pps
Example:
Switch(config-if)#
small-frame violation rate
Step 7
10000
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Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control
How to Configure Storm Control