storm-control
To monitor incoming traffic levels and limit excessive flow of packets on any user facing switch port that could cause a traffic storm, use the storm-control command in switch configuration mode. To disable all traffic types, use the no form of this command.
storm-control { unicast | multicast | broadcast } { level value | kbps value }
no storm-control { unicast | multicast | broadcast } { level value | kbps value }
Syntax Description
| level value |
The range can be in terms of a percentage level from 1-100 |
| kbps value |
The Kbps value can range from 1-1000000 |
Command Default
None.
Command Modes
Switch configuration (config-switch)
Command History
| Release | Modification |
|---|---|
| 4.1.1 |
This command was introduced. |
Usage Guidelines
Storm control can act only on ingress traffic and not egress traffic.
If an interface configured with storm-control is part of the port-channel, storm-control is not active on the port-channel and only acts on the interface.
Storm control only drops traffic that is above the suppression level.
Examples
The following is an example of storm control configuration:
nfvis(config-switch)# interface gigabitEthernet 1/0
nfvis(config-switch-if)# storm-control broadcast level 20
nfvis(config-switch-if)# commit
nfvis(config-switch-if)# end
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