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User’s Manual of IGS-5225-16T4S/IGSW-24040T
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4.4.3 Storm Control
4.4.3.1 Storm Policing Configuration
Storm control for the switch is configured on this page. There is a unicast storm rate control, multicast storm rate control, and a
broadcast storm rate control. These only affect flooded frames, i.e. frames with a (VLAN ID, DMAC) pair not present on the MAC
Address table.
The configuration indicates the permitted packet rate for unicast, multicast or broadcast traffic across the switch.
The Storm Control Configuration screen in Figure 4-4-3-1 appears.
Figure 4-4-3-1: Storm Control Configuration Page Screenshot
The page includes the following fields:
Object Description
Frame Type The options for Unicast/Multicast/Broadcast.
Enable Controls whether the storm control is enabled on this switch port.
Rate Controls the rate for the storm control. The default value is 500. This value is
restricted to 100-1000000 when the "Unit" is "kbps" or "fps", and it is restricted to
1-13200 when the "Unit" is "Mbps" or "kfpsā€.
Unit Controls the unit of measure for the storm control rate as kbps, Mbps, fps or
kfps . The default value is "kbps".
Buttons
: Click to apply changes
: Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.