Configuring Security
Configuring Storm Control
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STEP 5
Enter the following information:
•
Interface
—Select the port to be defined.
•
Storm Control
—Enable or disable storm control on the port.
•
Unknown Unicast
—Enable or disable storm control for unknown Unicast
traffic. It will count unknown Unicast traffic towards the bandwidth threshold.
•
Storm Control Rate Threshold
—Enter the maximum rate at which unknown
Unicast packets can be forwarded. The default for this threshold is 10,000.
•
Unknown Multicast
—Enable or disable storm control for unknown Multicast
traffic. It will count unknown Multicast traffic towards the bandwidth
threshold.
•
Storm Control Rate Threshold
—Enter the maximum rate at which unknown
Multicast packets can be forwarded. The default for this threshold is 10,000.
•
Broadcast
—Enable or disable storm control for Broadcast traffic. It will
count Broadcast traffic towards the bandwidth threshold.
•
Storm Control Rate Threshold
—Enter the maximum rate at which
Broadcast packets can be forwarded. The default for this threshold is
10,000.
•
Action
—Select the action when the rate of Broadcast, unknown Multicast, or
unknown Unicast frames is higher than the user-defined threshold. The
options are:
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Drop
—Discard the frames received beyond the threshold.
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Shutdown
—Shut down the port.
STEP 6
Click
Apply
. The port’s storm control settings are modified, and the Running
Configuration is updated.