| Exam 300-115 | Question id=1431 | Infrastructure Security |
Which switch feature prevents traffic on a LAN from being overwhelmed by continuous multicast or broadcast traffic?
| A. |
storm control | |
| B. |
port security | |
| C. |
VTP pruning | |
| D. |
VLAN trunking |
A traffic storm occurs when packets flood the LAN, which creates excessive traffic and degrades network performance. The traffic storm control feature prevents LAN ports from being disrupted by a broadcast, multicast, or unicast traffic storm on physical interfaces from either mistakes in network configurations or from users issuing a DoS attack