You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a threshold for
broadcast traffic for each port. Any broadcast packets exceeding the specified
threshold will then dropped. (Broadcast Storm Control is enabled by default.)
Use this command to configure broadcast storm control. Use the no form to disable broadcast storm control.
Syntax
switchport broadcast packet-rate rate
no switchport broadcastrate - Threshold level as a rate; i.e., packets per second.
(Range - PowerConnect 5224: 16, 64, 128, 256; PowerConnect 3248: 500 - 262143)
Default Setting
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet)
Command Usage
Example
The following shows how to configure broadcast suppression at 64 packets per second on port 5:
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#switchport broadcast packet-rate 64
Console(config-if)#
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