Broadcast Control - Dell PowerConnect 3248 System User's Manual

CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Ports/Trunks Configuration page.
Command
interface port-channel channel-id
shutdown
description string
speed-duplex {1000full | 100full | 100half | 10full
| 10half}
negotiation
capabilities {1000full | 100full | 100half | 10full |
10half | flowcontrol | symmetric}
flowcontrol
show interfaces status port-channel channel-id
show interfaces switchport [port-channel
channel-id]
Example
Console(config)#interface port-channel 1
Console(config-if)#
Console(config-if)#description RD SW#3
Console(config-if)#no negotiation
Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half
Console(config-if)#flowcontrol

Broadcast Control

In the Broadcast Control page, you can enable and disable broadcast control for all ports on the switch.
The Broadcast Control page contains the following editable fields:
Broadcast Control Status — Allows you to enable/disable broadcast storm control for ports on the switch. When enabled, the switch employs a
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broadcast-control mechanism if the packet-per-second threshold on a port is exceeded. (The default is enabled.)
Threshold — The packet-per-second threshold for broadcast packets received on a port. (The default is 500 packets per second.)
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NOTICE: The broadcast storm control status and the packet-per-second threshold apply to all ports on the switch.
To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes. If you don't want to save the changes, click Refresh.
NOTE: Broadcast control does not affect IP multicast traffic.
CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI command for items in the Ports/Broadcast Control page.
Usage
Configures a trunk and enters interface configuration
mode.
Disables a trunk interface.
To restart a disabled interface, use the no form command.
Adds a description to a trunk interface.
Configures the speed and duplex mode of a given
interface when autonegotiation is disabled.
Enables autonegotiation for a given interface.
To disable autonegotiation, use the no form command.
Advertises the trunk capabilities of a given interface
during autonegotiation.
Enables flow control.
To disable flow control, use the no form command.
Displays status for enabled interfaces.
Displays the configuration for a trunk.