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◆ Unknown Unicast – Specifies storm control for unknown unicast
traffic.
◆ Multicast – Specifies storm control for multicast traffic.
◆ Broadcast – Specifies storm control for broadcast traffic.
◆ Status – Enables or disables storm control. (Default: Enabled for
broadcast storm control, disabled for multicast and unknown unicast
storm control)
◆ Rate – Threshold level as a rate; i.e., packets per second.
(Range: 64-100000 Kbps for Fast Ethernet ports,
64-1000000 Kbps for Gigabit Ethernet ports
Default: 64 Kbps)
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Only one rate is supported for all traffic types on an interface.
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.
Figure 110: Configuring Storm Control