Web Configuration
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Storm Control
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 for each port. Any broadcast packets exceeding the specified
threshold will then be dropped.
Field Attributes
• Type – List the type of traffic which can be rate limited, including broadcast and
multicast frames.
• Enable Rate Limits – Click the check box to enable storm control.
• 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.
Web – Click PORTS, Storm Control. This page enables you to set the broadcast
storm control parameters for every port on the switch.
Figure 3-14 Port Broadcast Control
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