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Number of Violations Indicates the number of packets that arrived on the interface in
Security > Storm Control
Port Displays the port number for which storm control is enabled.
Security > Storm Control
Broadcast Control Indicates whether broadcast packet types are forwarded on the specific interface.
Mode Specifies the Broadcast mode currently enabled on the device. The possible field values are:
•• Unknown Unicast, Multicast & Broadcast Counts Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast traffic.
•• Multicast & Broadcast Counts Broadcast and Multicast traffic together.
•• Broadcast Only Counts only Broadcast traffic.
Rate Threshold The maximum rate (packets per second) at which unknown packets are forwarded. The default value is 3500. The range is 70
QoS
Network traffic is usually unpredictable, and the only basic assurance that can be offered is best effort traffic delivery. To overcome this challenge, Quality of Service (QoS) is applied throughout the network. This ensures that network traffic is prioritized according to specified criteria, and that specific traffic receives preferential treatment. QoS in the network optimizes network performance and entails two basic facilities:
Classifying incoming traffic into handling classes, based on an attribute, including:
•• The ingress interface
•• Packet content
•• A combination of these attributes
Providing various mechanisms for determining the allocation of network resources to different handling classes, including:
•• The assignment of network traffic to a particular hardware queue
•• The assignment of internal resources
•• Traffic shaping
The terms Class of Service (CoS) and QoS are used in the following context:
CoS provides varying Layer 2 traffic services. CoS refers to classification of traffic to
QoS refers to Layer 2 traffic and above. QoS handles per- flow settings, even within a single traffic class.
QoS > CoS Settings
QOS > CoS Settings
The CoS Settings screen contains fields for enabling or disabling CoS. In addition, the Trust mode can be selected. The Trust mode relies on predefined fields within the packet to determine the egress queue settings.
The CoS Settings screen has two areas, CoS Settings and CoS to Queue.
CoS Mode Indicates if QoS is enabled on the interface. The possible values are:
•• Disable Disables QoS on the interface.
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