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Storm Control
Storm control allows you to control unknown-unicast and broadcast traffic on Layer 2 and Layer 3
physical interfaces.
Dell Networking OS Behavior: The switch supports broadcast control (the storm-control broadcast
command) for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic.
Configure Storm Control
Storm control is supported in INTERFACE mode and CONFIGURATION mode.
Configuring Storm Control from INTERFACE Mode
To configure storm control, use the following command.
From INTERFACE mode:
• You can only on configure storm control for ingress traffic.
• If you configure storm control from both INTERFACE and CONFIGURATION mode, the INTERFACE
mode configurations override the CONFIGURATION mode configurations.
• The percentage of storm control is calculated based on the advertised rate of the line card, not by the
speed setting.
• Configure storm control.
INTERFACE mode
storm control
Configuring Storm Control from CONFIGURATION Mode
To configure storm control from CONFIGURATION mode, use the following command.
From CONFIGURATION mode you can configure storm control for ingress and egress traffic.
Do not apply per-viritual local area network (VLAN) quality of service (QoS) on an interface that has
storm-control enabled (either on an interface or globally).
• Configure storm control.
CONFIGURATION mode
storm control
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