Configuring Storm Control; Understanding Storm Control - Cisco IE 3000 Software Configuration Manual

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Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control

This chapter describes how to configure the port-based traffic control features on the IE 3000 switch.

For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the command

reference for this release.

This chapter consists of these sections:

Configuring Storm Control

These sections contain this conceptual and configuration information:

Storm control prevents traffic on a LAN from being disrupted by a broadcast, multicast, or unicast storm

on one of the physical interfaces. A LAN storm occurs when packets flood the LAN, creating excessive

traffic and degrading network performance. Errors in the protocol-stack implementation, mistakes in

network configurations, or users issuing a denial-of-service attack can cause a storm.

Storm control (or traffic suppression) monitors packets passing from an interface to the switching bus

and determines if the packet is unicast, multicast, or broadcast. The switch counts the number of packets

of a specified type received within the 1-second time interval and compares the measurement with a

predefined suppression-level threshold.

Configuring Storm Control, page 22-1

Configuring Protected Ports, page 22-6

Configuring Port Blocking, page 22-7

Configuring Port Security, page 22-8

Displaying Port-Based Traffic Control Settings, page 22-18

Understanding Storm Control, page 22-1

Default Storm Control Configuration, page 22-3

Configuring Storm Control and Threshold Levels, page 22-3

Configuring Small-Frame Arrival Rate, page 22-5

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