Dell PowerConnect 3524P

Configuring Switch Information 309
The Storm Control page provides fields for enabling and configuring Storm Control.
To open the Storm Control page, click Switch → Ports → Storm Control in the tree view.
Figure 7-25. Storm Control
The Storm Control page contains the following fields:
• Port — The port from which storm control is enabled.
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Broadcast Control — Enables or disables forwarding Broadcast packet types on the specific interface.
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Enable — Enables Broadcast packet types to be forwarded.
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Disable — Disables Broadcast packet types to be forwarded.
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Broadcast Mode — Specifies the Broadcast mode currently enabled on the device or stack.
The possible field values are:
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Multicast & Broadcast — Counts Broadcast and Multicast traffic together.
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Broadcast Only — Counts only Broadcast traffic.
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Broadcast Rate Threshold (70-1000000) — The maximum rate (Kbits/sec) at which unknown packets
are forwarded. The field range is 70-1,000,000 Kbps.
Enabling Storm Control
1 Open the Storm Control page.
2 Select an interface on which to implement storm control.
3 Define the fields.
4 Click Apply Changes .
Storm Control is enabled.