Supermicro SSE-G24-TG4 - Storm Control

Supermicro L2/L3 Switches Configuration Guide
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Step 3
flowcontrol { send | receive} { on | off }
Configure f
low control
.
Send – The port can send pause frames
but cannot receive pause frames from a
connected device.
Receive – The port cannot send pause
frames but can receive pause frames
from a connected device.
On – Enables flow control
Off - Disables flow control
Step 4
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 5
show flow
-
control [ interface <interface
-
type><interface-id>]
Displays the Interface Flow control
configuration.
Step 6
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this configuration
to be part of startup configuration.
The example below shows the commands used to configure flow control.
SMIS# configure terminal
SMIS(config)# interface Gi 0/22
SMIS(config-if)# flowcontrol send on
SMIS(config-if)# end
SMIS# show flow-control interface Gi 0/22
Port TxFlowControl Rx FlowControl Tx Pause Rx Pause
---- -------------- ------------- -------- --------
Gi0/22 on off 0 0
1.4.7 Storm Control
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 due to errors in the