Re: traffic suppression - storm control 3560

This is not correct for the 3560. I have done extensive testing few
years back, directly as a result of this ongoing "myth" that these two
are somehow related. They are not.

You can read about my findings here:

http://blog.ipexpert.com/2010/03/15/old-ccie-myths-storm-control/

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Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S)
Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:53, Piotr Matusiak <pitt2k_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> As per:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/7600/ios/12.1E/configuration/guide/st
> orm.html
>
> "If you enable broadcast and multicast traffic storm control, and the
> combined broadcast and multicast traffic exceeds the level within a
> 1-second traffic storm control interval, traffic storm control drops all
> broadcast and multicast traffic until the end of the traffic storm control
> interval. "
>
> Regards,
> --
> Piotr Matusiak
> CCIE #19860 (R&S, Security), CCSI #33705
> Technical Instructor
> website: www.MicronicsTraining.com <http://www.micronicstraining.com/>
> blog: www.ccie1.com
>
> B If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough B -
> Albert Einstein
>
>
> 2012/2/2 Aaron <aaron1_at_gvtc.com>
>
>> Does bcast and mcast storm control have anything to do with each other or
>> are they treated completely separate? B Just wondering if there is any
>> subtleties or inter-relationships that bcast and mcast have with one
>> another
>> in 3560 storm control/traffic suppression.
>>
>>
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> switch(config-if)#storm-control ?
>>
>> B action B  B  Action to take for storm-control
>>
>> B broadcast B Broadcast address storm control
>>
>> B multicast B Multicast address storm control
>>
>> B unicast B  B Unicast address storm control
>>
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