Storm control enables the switch to monitor traffic levels and to DROP broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast packets when a specified traffic level is exceeded. That level is set to 80 percent of the available bandwidth of the interface, used by the broadcast and unknown unicast traffic streams, Storm control monitors the level of applicable incoming traffic and compares it with the level that you specify. If the combined level of the applicable traffic exceeds the specified level, the switch drops packets for the controlled traffic type
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