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XS708T, XS712Tv2, and XS716T Smart Managed Pro Switch User Manual
The login window opens.
4. Enter the switch’s password in the Password field.
The default password is password.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Security > Traffic Control > Storm Control.
6. In the Port Settings section, select one or more interfaces by taking one of the following
actions:
• To configure a single interface, select the check box associated with the port, or type
the port number in the Go To Interface field and click the Go button.
• To configure multiple interfaces with the same settings, select the check box
associated with each interface.
• To configure all interfaces with the same settings, select the check box in the heading
row.
7. In the Storm Control section, from the Ingress Control Mode menu, select the mode of
broadcast affected by storm control:
• Disabled. Storm control is disabled. This is the default setting.
• Unknown Unicast. If the rate of incoming unknown Layer 2 unicast traffic (that is,
traffic for which a destination lookup failure occurs) increases beyond the configured
threshold on an interface, the traffic is dropped.
• Multicast. If the rate of incoming Layer 2 multicast traffic increases beyond the
configured threshold on an interface, the traffic is dropped.
• Broadcast. If the rate of incoming Layer 2 broadcast traffic increases beyond the
configured threshold on an interface, the traffic is dropped.
8. If the selection from the Ingress Control Mode menu is not Disabled, specify whether the
ingress control mode is enabled by selecting Enable or Disable from the Status menu.
9. In the Threshold field, specify the maximum rate at which unknown packets are forwarded.
The range is a percent of the total threshold between 0–100%. The default is 5%.