DGS-3024 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Manual
Traffic Control
Use the Traffic Control window to enable or disable storm control and adjust the threshold for multicast/broadcast/DLF (Destination Look Up Failure) storms. Traffic control settings are applied to individual Switch modules. To view the following window, click Configuration > QOS >Traffic Control.
Figure 7- 39. Storm Control Type Setting window
The purpose of this window is to limit too many broadcast, multicast or unknown unicast packets folding the network. The Storm Control Type Settings you can choose from are: broadcast, broadcast_multicast, broadcast_dlf, and broadcast_multicast_dlf.
The Threshold value is the upper threshold at which the specified traffic control is Switched on. This is the number of Broadcast, Broadcast/Multicast, Broadcast/DLF, and Broadcast/Multicast/DLF packets received by the Switch that will
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