Operation Manual

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Storm Control
Storm Control limits the amount of Broadcast, Unknown
Multicast, and Unknown Unicast frames accepted and
forwarded by the Switch. Storm Control can be enabled
per port by dening the packet type and the rate that
the packets are transmitted at. The Switch measures the
incoming Broadcast, Unknown Multicast, and Unknown
Unicast frames rates separately on each port, and discards
theframeswhentherateexceedsauser-denedrate.
Port:
Displays the ports for which the Storm
Control information is displayed.
Status: Select whether Storm Control is Enabled or
Disabled ingress on the interface.
Broadcast: Enter the broadcast rate in kilobits per
second. The Gigabit Ethernet ports have
a maximum speed of 1000000 kilobits
persecond.Iftherateofbroadcasttrafc
ingress on the interface increases beyond
the congured threshold, the trafc is
dropped.
Unknown Multicast:
Enter the Unknown Multicast rate in
kilobits per second. The Gigabit Ethernet
ports have a maximum speed of 1000000
kilobits per second. If the rate of broadcast
trafc ingress on the interface increases
beyond the congured threshold, the
trafcisdropped.
Unknown Unicast:
Enter the Unknown Unicast rate in kilobits
per second. The Gigabit Ethernet ports
have a maximum speed of 1000000
kilobits per second. If the rate of broadcast
trafc ingress on the interface increases
beyond the congured threshold, the
trafcisdropped.
Click Apply to save the changes to the system.