2.10.2 Storm Control
In the Rate Limit and Storm Control page, the hyperlink (e.g. Disabled) on the row labeled Storm Control, shows the current setting for this function. Enabling or Disabling this function will globally affect to all ports in the system. Click the hyperlink to configure.
In the Storm Control page, there are 2 fields to configure:
Storm Control Type – 5 options are provided in this dropdown
¾Disabled – to disable storm control. This option will disable the dropdown in the Storm Control Rate field
¾Broadcast only – to suppress the broadcast frames only
¾Broadcast and multicast – to suppress both the broadcast and multicast frames
¾Broadcast and unknown unicast – to suppress both the broadcast and unicast frames with unknown destination MAC address
¾Broadcast, multicast and unicast – to suppress broadcast, multicast and unicast frames with unknown destination MAC address
The following figure shows the options in the dropdown of the Storm Control Type field.
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