Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series User Manual

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Information About Protocol Storm Protection
Protocol Storm Protection
When a switch is flooded with Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) or control packets, high CPU utilization
can cause the CPU to overload. These issues can occur:
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Routing protocol can flap because the protocol control packets are not received, and neighboring
adjacencies are dropped.
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Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) reconverges because the STP bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) cannot
be sent or received.
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CLI is slow or unresponsive.
Using protocol storm protection, you can control the rate at which control packets are sent to the switch by
specifying the upper threshold for the packet flow rate. The supported protocols are ARP, ARP snooping,
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) v4, DHCP snooping, Internet Group Management Protocol
(IGMP), and IGMP snooping.
Consolidated Platform Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)E (Catalyst 2960-X Switches)
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Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Specifications

General

Layer	Layer 2
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	Available on some models
RAM	128 MB
Flash Memory	32 MB
MAC Address Table Size	8000
Operating Temperature	0°C to 45°C (32 to 113°F)
Ports	24 or 48 x 10/100/1000