Re: storm-control calculation

From: branko modina (bmodina@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 23 2008 - 10:59:53 ARST


0,5: 100Mb x 0,5%=500kb

The traffic storm control level is a *percentage *of the total available
bandwidth of the port. Each port has a single traffic storm control level
that is used for all types of traffic (broadcast, multicast, and unicast).

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.1E/native/configuration/guide/storm.html

B

2008/12/23 Nitro Drops <nitrodrops@hotmail.com>

> Cant figure out this task logic, it is simple but seems like i didnt get
> the
> logic right (Embarrasing)
>
> - Broadcast packets should not exceed 500Kbps of the traffic received on
> any
> port belonging to VLAN8.
> - Customers in VLAN8 on SW4 will be connecting using FastEthernet NIC cards
> running at 100Mbps.
> - Configure SW1 and SW2 to reflect this policy
> - SW2 F0/8 > connecting to customer
> - SW1 F0/3 > connecting to Router FastEthernet
>
> My understanding for calculating the value using this command
>
> storm-control broadcast level X ; where X = 500K / Interface B/W
>
> since now the FastEthernet interface is at 100M
>
> shouldnt the calculation be 500 000 / 100 000 000 = 0.005 ?
>
> SG is
>
> SW2
> storm-control broadcast level 0.5
>
> SW1
> storm-control broadcast level 5
>
>
> Can some kind soul verify is my understanding is right, or how did SG
> derive
> on the figures.
> Read through the DOCCD, this command can takes up to 2 decimal places only,
> say 0.05.
>
> Thanks for any kind replies.
>
> Cheers
> Nit
>
>
>
>
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