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10 STORM CONTROL CONFIGURATION
Use the Traffic > Storm Control page to configure broadcast storm control
thresholds. Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is
malfunctioning, or if application programs are not well designed or properly
configured. If there is too much broadcast traffic on your network,
performance can be severely degraded or everything can come to complete
halt.
You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a threshold
for broadcast traffic. Any broadcast packets exceeding the specified
threshold will then be dropped.
CLI REFERENCES
â—† "switchport packet-rate" on page 777
COMMAND USAGE
â—† Broadcast Storm Control is enabled by default.
â—† Broadcast control does not effect IP multicast traffic.
PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed in the web interface:
◆ Interface – Displays a list of ports or trunks.
◆ Type – Indicates interface type. (100Base-T, 100Base SFP)
◆ Broadcast – Specifies storm control for broadcast traffic.
◆ Status – Enables or disables storm control. (Default: Enabled)
◆ Rate – Threshold level as a rate; i.e., packets per second.
(Range: 500-262143 packets per second; Default: 500 pps)
WEB INTERFACE
To configure broadcast storm control:
1. Click Traffic, Storm Control.
2. Set the Status field to enable or disable storm control.
3. Set the required threshold beyond which the switch will start dropping
packets.
4. Click Apply.
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