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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
 
Chapter 65      Configuring Storm Control
Enabling Broadcast Storm Control
This example shows how to enable storm control on an interface and verify configuration:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet 2/1
Switch(config-if)# storm-control broadcast level bps 100k
Switch(config-if)# end
Switch# show storm-control gigabitethernet 2/1 
Interface  Filter State   Broadcast Multicast Level
---------  -------------  --------- --------- -----
Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
Switch# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2
Switch(config)# interface interface-id
Enters interface configuration mode and enters the port to configure.
Step 3
Switch(config-if)# storm-control 
broadcast level {high-level | bps bps 
[k | m | g] | pps pps [k | m | g]}
Configures broadcast storm control. The keywords and arguments 
are described here.
• high-level—Specifies the upper threshold levels for broadcast 
traffic as a percentage (up to two decimal places) of the 
bandwidth. The port blocks traffic that exceeds this level. The 
range is from 0 to 100.
Note For the Catalyst 4500-X Series Switch, on ports 
operating at 1Gigabit, thresholds less than 0.02% are not 
supported.
• bps bps—Specifies the threshold level for broadcast traffic in 
bits per second (bps) (up to one decimal place). The port blocks 
only the traffic that exceeds this level. The range is 0.0 to 
10000000000.0.
• pps pps—Specifies the threshold level for broadcast traffic in 
packets per second (pps) (up to one decimal place). The port 
blocks all traffic when traffic utilization exceeds this level. The 
range is 0.0 to 10000000000.0. 
• (Optional) [k | m | g]—Specifies the metric suffixes for large 
number thresholds, in bps and pps settings.
Step 4
Switch(config-if)# storm-control action 
{shutdown | trap}
Specifies the action to be taken when a storm is detected. 
The default is to filter out the broadcast traffic and not to send out 
traps.
The shutdown keyword sets the port to the error-disable state during 
a storm. If the recover interval is not set, the port remains in 
shutdown state.
Step 5
Switch(config-if)# exit
Returns to configuration mode.
Step 6
Switch(config)# end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 7
Switch# show storm-control [interface] 
broadcast
Displays the number of packets suppressed.
Step 8
Switch# copy running-config 
startup-config
(Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.