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Automatic Traffic Control Commands
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FIGURE 2 Storm Control by Shutting Down a Port
The key elements of this diagram are the same as that described in the preceding diagram, except
that automatic release of the control response is not provided. When traffic control is applied, you
must manually re-enable the port.
Functional Limitations
Automatic storm control is a software level control function. Traffic storms can also be controlled at
the hardware level using the
switchport packet-rate command. However, only one of these control
types can be applied to a port. Enabling automatic storm control on a port will disable
hardware-level storm control on that port.
auto-traffic-control apply-timer
This command sets the time at which to apply the control response after ingress traffic has
exceeded the upper threshold. Use the no form to restore the default setting.
Syntax
auto-traffic-control {broadcast | multicast} apply-timer seconds
no auto-traffic-control {broadcast | multicast} apply-timer
broadcast - Specifies automatic storm control for broadcast traffic.
multicast - Specifies automatic storm control for multicast traffic.
seconds - The interval after the upper threshold has been exceeded at which to apply the
control response. (Range: 1-300 seconds)
Default Setting
300 seconds
Command Mode
Global Configuration