Security Commands 1031storm-control broadcastUse the storm-control broadcast command to enable broadcast stormrecovery mode for a specific interface. Use the no form of the command todisable storm control or to return the configuration to the default.Syntaxstorm-control broadcast [{level level| rate rate | action {shutdown | trap}]no storm-control broadcast [level| rate | action]• level— The configured rate as a percentage of link bandwidth (Range: 0-100)• rate — The configured rate in packets per second. (Range: 0-14880000)• action shutdown—Places the interface in the D-disable state if thethreshold is exceeded.• action trap—Logs a message and issue a trap if the threshold is exceeded.Default ConfigurationBy default, broadcast storm control is disabled on all physical interfaces.The default threshold for broadcast traffic is 5% of link bandwidth.The default behavior is to rate limit (drop) traffic exceeding the configuredthreshold.There is no default action.Command ModeInterface Configuration (Ethernet) mode, Interface Range modeUser GuidelinesBroadcast storm control can only be enabled on physical interfaces. It cannotbe configured on port channels.Setting the level, rate or action enables broadcast storm control. Whenenabled, broadcast storm control can issue a trap and drop traffic in excess ofthe configured rate (level) or shut down the port if the rate is exceeded.Either the level or the rate threshold may be configured, but not both.
