Configuring port-based traffic control (cli), Configuring flow control and storm control – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control

Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control (CLI)

This section provides information about the commands you use to configure

port-based traffic control settings. For more information about the

commands, see the

PowerConnect M6220/M6348/M8024/M8024-k CLI

Reference Guide

at

support.dell.com/manuals

.

Configuring Flow Control and Storm Control

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to

configure the flow control and storm control features.

Command

Purpose

configure

Enter global configuration mode.

flowcontrol

Globally enable flow control.

interface

interface

Enter interface configuration mode for the specified

interface. The

interface variable includes the interface type

and number, for example gigabitethernet 1/0/3.
You can also specify a range of interfaces with the interface

range command, for example, interface range

gigabitethernet 1/0/8-12 configures interfaces 8, 9, 10, 11,

and 12.

storm-control broadcast

[level

rate]

Enable broadcast storm recovery mode on the interface

and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate — threshold as percentage of port speed. The

percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based

on a 512 byte average packet size.

storm-control multicast

[level

rate]

Enable multicast storm recovery mode on the interface

and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate — threshold as percentage of port speed. The

percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based

on a 512 byte average packet size.

storm-control unicast

[level

rate]

Enable unknown unicast storm recovery mode on the

interface and (optionally) set the threshold.
rate — threshold as percentage of port speed. The

percentage is converted to a PacketsPerSecond value based

on a 512 byte average packet size.

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