350-701 Question #25: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

What is a characteristic of traffic storm control behavior?

Options

• ATraffic storm control drops all broadcast and multicast traffic if the combined traffic exceeds the
• BTraffic storm control cannot determine if the packet is unicast or broadcast.
• CTraffic storm control monitors incoming traffic levels over a 10-second traffic storm control
• DTraffic storm control uses the Individual/Group bit in the packet source address to determine if the

Explanation

Traffic storm control prevents network degradation by dropping excessive broadcast, multicast, or unicast traffic when configured thresholds are exceeded.

Common mistakes.

• B. Traffic storm control can distinguish between unicast, broadcast, and multicast traffic, as it monitors and controls these types individually or in combination.
• C. Traffic storm control typically monitors traffic over a user-configurable interval, often 1 second by default, not a fixed 10-second interval.
• D. Traffic storm control determines traffic type (broadcast, multicast) using the destination MAC address, specifically the Individual/Group bit, and not the source address.

Concept tested. Traffic storm control functionality

Reference. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750x_3560x/software/release/12-2_55_se/configuration/guide/3750x_cg/swmstrm.html

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