Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Enters global configuration mode.
switch#
configure terminal
Step 1
Enters interface configuration mode.
switch(config)#
interface
{
ethernet
slot
/
port
|
port-channel number
}
Step 2
If this is a 10G breakout port, the
slot
/
port
syntax is
QSFP-module
/
port
.
Note
Configures traffic storm control for traffic on the
interface. The default state is disabled.
switch(config-if)#
storm-control
[
broadcast
|
multicast
]
level percentage
[.
fraction
]
Step 3
This example shows how to configure traffic storm control for port channels 122 and 123:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
interface port-channel 122, port-channel 123
switch(config-if-range)#
storm-control multicast level 66.75
switch(config-if-range)#
storm-control broadcast level 66.75
switch(config-if-range)#
Verifying the Traffic Storm Control Configuration
Use the following commands to display traffic storm control configuration information:
Purpose
Command
Displays the traffic storm control configuration for
the interfaces.
Traffic storm control uses a 10-microsecond
interval that can affect the operation of traffic
storm control.
Note
If this is a 10G breakout port, the
slot
/
port
syntax is
QSFP-module
/
port
.
Note
show interface
[
ethernet slot
/
port
|
port-channel
number
]
counters storm-control
Displays the traffic storm control configuration.
show running-config interface
When a storm event occurs on a port and the packets are dropped due to storm control configuration, a
syslog message is generated to indicate that the storm event has started. An additional syslog message is
generated when the storm event ends and the packet are no longer dropped.
Note
Traffic Storm Control Example Configuration
This example shows how to configure traffic storm control:
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Configuring Traffic Storm Control
Verifying the Traffic Storm Control Configuration
