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Troubleshooting a broadcast storm
Hi, I've noticed all our access switch interfce LEDs blinking rapidly which suggests there's a broadcast storm going on, the switches are all Cisco and mainly 2960X, there are two stacks formed with 4 switches each and three other standalone access switches together with six storage and server switches.
Any ideas on the best way to analyse and identify the cause (without disconnecting cables as this is a live environment).
Thanks.
Any ideas on the best way to analyse and identify the cause (without disconnecting cables as this is a live environment).
Thanks.
if you had a broadcast storm, users would be complaining about network outages or accessing resources, if no users are complaining then i don't think its a broadcast storm. more likely as Nathan has pointed out, clients on the network will cause data to go backwards and forwards between points. do you use WINS on any server or client settings.
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Thank you for your response Nathan, some useful tips, I'll do some more checks, don't think WINS is used. Some users did complain of slow access to one application in particular but that was just one department.
Also, thanks for your input Sharjeel.
Also, thanks for your input Sharjeel.
Broadcast can be caused due to many reasons. In your case, could be spanning-tree loop. Capture the traffic using packet capture like Wireshark then look for mac addresses and trace them on your switch ( sh mac address-table add XXX). Note: This command may differ depending on switch IOS version
However, as mentioned by Nathan broadcast storms will disrupt the whole network but this is not happening in your case.
However, as mentioned by Nathan broadcast storms will disrupt the whole network but this is not happening in your case.
If all ports are blinking rapidly at the same time it could also be a multicast. Be sure you enable ip igmp snoop on all switches.
You can also enable broadcast and multicast storm control on all interfaces, especially uplinks.
You can also enable broadcast and multicast storm control on all interfaces, especially uplinks.
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Like I said, I really doubt you have a broadcast storm going on.