Important! This value must be between 4 and 30 seconds. See Table 7-1 for a description of the Forward Delay timer.

3 Press Return.

The Forward Delay time is changed.

Setting Storm Detection Threshold

The IntraSwitch can detect the broadcast or multicast storm occurrence on the network in order to prevent disaster from temporary data loop.The threshold of the detection is the number of broadcast and multicast packets detected per second.To set the threshold:

1

Open the Spanning Tree Configuration

 

Menuby typing s in the Configuration Menu.

2

3

Type s to set the Storm Threshold.

Enter the new threshold value in the speci- fied range.

4

Press Return.The Storm Threshold is

 

changed and is displayed at the top of the

screen next to “Storm Threshold.”

Setting Storm Duration

The IntraSwitch can detect broadcast or multicast storm occurrence on the network, based upon storm duration time. To set the storm duration:

1

Open the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu

 

by typing s in the Configuration Menu.

2

3

4

Type u to set the Storm Duration.

Enter the value in the specified range.

Press Return.The Storm Duration is changed and displayed at the top next to Storm Dura- tion.

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Asante Technologies 6200 Setting Storm Detection Threshold, Open the Spanning Tree Configuration, Setting Storm Duration