Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Command Reference Guide

2-1021
Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference—Release IOS XE 3.4.0SG and IOS 15.1(2)SG)
OL-27596 -01
Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
storm-control
Enter the show interfaces counters storm-control command to display the discard count.
Enter the show running-config command to display the enabled suppression mode and level setting.
To turn off suppression for the specified traffic type, you can do one of the following:
• Set the high-level value to 100 percent for the specified traffic type.
• Use the no form of this command.
The lower level is ignored for the interfaces that perform storm control in the hardware.
Note The lower level keyword does not apply to the Supervisor Engine 6-E and Catalyst 4900M chassis
implementations.
Examples This example shows how to enable broadcast storm control on a port with a 75.67 percent rising
suppression level:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet 3/1
Switch(config-if)# storm-control broadcast level 75.67
Switch(config-if)# end
This example shows how to disable the port during a storm:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet 3/1
Switch(config-if)# storm-control action shutdown
Switch(config-if)# end
This example shows how to disable storm control on a port:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet 3/1
Switch(config-if)# no storm-control broadcast level
Switch(config-if)# end
This example shows how to disable storm control by setting the high level to 100 percent:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet 3/1
Switch(config-if)# storm-control broadcast level 100
Switch(config-if)# end
Related Commands Command Description
show interfaces counters Displays the traffic on the physical interface.
show running-config Displays the running configuration of a switch.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E