Cisco SGE2000 - Cisco - Gigabit Switch Administration Guide

Configuring Device Security
Defining Traffic Control
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Defining Storm Control
Storm Control enables limiting the amount of Multicast and Broadcast frames
accepted and forwarded by the device. When Layer 2 frames are forwarded,
Broadcast and Multicast frames are flooded to all ports on the relevant VLAN. This
occupies bandwidth, and loads all nodes connected on all ports.
A Broadcast Storm is a result of an excessive amount of broadcast messages
simultaneously transmitted across a network by a single port. Forwarded
message responses are heaped onto the network, straining network resources or
causing the network to time out.
Storm Control is enabled per port by defining the packet type and the rate the
packets are transmitted. The system measures the incoming Broadcast and
Multicast frame rates separately on each port and discards the frames when the
rate exceeds a user-defined rate.
The
Storm Control Page provides fields for configuring Broadcast Storm Control.
To define storm control:
STEP 1 Click Security Suite > Traf fic Control > Storm Control. The Storm Control Page
opens:
Storm Control Page
The
Storm Control Page contains the following fields:

Cisco SGE2000 - Cisco - Gigabit Switch Specifications

General

Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Switching Capacity	48 Gbps
Forwarding Rate	35.7 Mpps
Layer	Layer 2
Power Supply	Internal
Management	Web-based, SNMP, CLI
MAC Address Table Size	8000 entries
VLANs	256
Features	Quality of Service (QoS), IGMP snooping, Port mirroring
Dimensions (W x D x H)	440 x 257 x 44 mm (17.3 x 10.1 x 1.73 in)
Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Storage Temperature	-20 to 70°C (-4 to 158°F)
Relative Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Standards Compliance	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3x