Storm Control vs. Port Blocking
Understanding Storm Control
Storm control prevents traffic on a LAN from being disrupted by a
broadcast, multicast, or unicast storm on one of the physical
interfaces.
A value of 0.0 means that all broadcast, multicast, or unicast traffic on that port is blocked.
Switch(config-if)# storm-control broadcast level 0
Switch(config-if)# storm-control unicast level 0
Switch(config-if)# storm-control multicast level 0
Configuring Port Blocking
By default, the switch floods packets with unknown destination MAC
addresses out of all ports. If unknown unicast and multicast traffic is
forwarded to a protected port, there could be security issues. To
prevent unknown unicast or multicast traffic from being forwarded from
one port to another, you can block a port (protected or nonprotected)
from flooding unknown unicast or multicast packets to other ports.
Switch(config-if)# switchport block multicast
Switch(config-if)# switchport block unicast
My question - Does storm-control broadcast level 0 same as switchport block unicast?
Is it right for multicast -storm-control multicast level 0 and switchport block multicast
Comments
I guess
storm-control unicast level 0 will block all (known or unknown) unicast packets
switchport block unicast will block only unknown unicast packets
I am not sure though
My understanding of the technologies is that storm control limits the total amount of traffic entering an interface (based on what you specify), regardless of whether the destination is known. The measurement is made as traffic enters the interface (from whatever is connected to it) and is passed to the switching fabric.
Port blocking restricts unknown (flooded frames) from other interfaces entering from the switching fabric, but otherwise doesn't affect overall throughput.
HTH,
Jeff
Thank you!
My question seems more theoretical and can't be used on practice[H]