Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Command Reference Guide

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference—Release IOS XE 3.4.0SG and IOS 15.1(2)SG)
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Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
storm-control broadcast include multicast
storm-control broadcast include multicast
To enable multicast storm control on a port, use the storm-control broadcast include multicast
command. To disable multicast storm control, use the no form of this command.
storm-control broadcast include multicast
no storm-control broadcast include multicast
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults Multicast storm control is disabled.
Command Modes Global configuration mode
Interface configuration mode on Catalyst 4900M, Catalyst 4948E, Supervisor Engine 6-E, and
Supervisor Engine 6L-E
Command History
Usage Guidelines This command prompts the hardware to filter multicast packets if it is already filtering broadcast packets.
The Catalyst 4500 series switch support per-interface multicast suppression. When you enable multicast
suppression on an interface you subject incoming multicast and broadcast traffic on that interface to
suppression.
Examples This example shows how to enable multicast storm control globally:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# storm-control broadcast include multicast
Switch(config)# end
This example shows how to enable per-port Multicast storm control on a Supervisor Engine 6-E:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet2/4
Switch(config-if)# storm-control broadcast include multicast
Switch(config)# end
Release Modification
12.2(18)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch.
12.2(40)SG Support introduccd for for Catalyst 4900M and Supervisor Engine 6-E.

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