Chapter 2
Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
This is an example of output from the show storm-control multicast command on a Supervisor
Engine 6-E:
Switch# show storm-control multicast //Supervisor Engine 6-E
Interface Filter State
--------- ------------- --------- --------- -----
Fa6/2
Switch#
This is an example of output from the show storm-control command on a Supervisor Engine 6-E when
no keywords are entered:
Switch# show storm-control
Interface Filter State
--------- ------------- --------- --------- -----
Fa6/1
Fa6/2
Switch#
This is an example of output from the show storm-control command for a specified interface:
Switch# show storm-control fastethernet2/17
Interface
---------
Fa2/17
Switch#
This is an example of output from the show storm-control command for a specified interface on a
Supervisor Engine 6-E:
Switch# show storm-control interface fastethernet6/1
Interface
---------
Fa6/1
Switch#
Table 2-40
Table 2-40
Field
Interface
Filter State
Level
Current
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Broadcast Multicast Level
Blocking
Enabled
Broadcast Multicast Level
Blocking
Enabled
Blocking
Enabled
Filter State
Level
-------------
-------
Forwarding
50.00%
Filter State
Broadcast Multicast
-------------
-------
Blocking
Enabled
describes the fields in the show storm-control display.
show storm-control Field Descriptions
Description
Displays the ID of the interface.
Displays the status of the filter:
Blocking—Storm control is enabled, and a storm has occurred.
•
•
Forwarding—Storm control is enabled, and no storms have occurred.
•
Inactive—Storm control is disabled.
Displays the threshold level set on the interface for broadcast traffic.
Displays the bandwidth utilization of broadcast traffic as a percentage of
total available bandwidth. This field is valid only when storm control is
enabled.
N/A is displayed for interfaces that do storm control in the hardware.
Note
Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference—Release IOS XE 3.4.0SG and IOS 15.1(2)SG)
Enabled
61%
Disabled
81%
Enabled
61%
Current
-------
0.00%
Level
-------
-----
Disabled
81%
show storm-control
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