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groups can also keep the network from unnecessary traffic by restricting the packet destination.
The same setting is applied to all the ports on the switch.
• Type – List the type of traffic which can be rate limited, including ICMP, learn frames,
broadcast, multicast and flooded unicast frames.
• Enable Storm Control – Click the check box to enable storm control for the specific
frame type.
• Rate(number of frames per second) – The Rate field is set by a single drop-down list. The
same threshold is applied to every port on the switch. When the threshold is exceeded,
packets are dropped, irrespective of the flow-control settings.
There are three main buttons associated with this page:
• HELP - Displays this text.
• APPLY - Updates the switch configuration. No changes are made to the configuration
until this button is pressed.
• CANCEL - All changes made to the page are discarded and the switch configuration
remains unchanged.
5.3 Port Mirroring
This page allows you to copy (mirror) incoming packets on multiple ports to a single port. This
can be useful for diagnosing problems. The page is split into two sections:
• Port to Mirror to - Choose the destination port. All the mirrored packets will be sent to
the selected port.
• Ports to Mirror - The front-panel port number.
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