Broadcast Storm Protection

The Hub periodically monitors the broadcast counters of each hub port to detect a broadcast storm condition. If a hub port is detected to be causing a broadcast storm, it is automatically partitioned and a trap is sent to the network manager. The Hub continually monitors those ports that have been partitioned to check if the broadcast storm condition still exists. The partitioned hub port is auto recovered to normal operation once the broadcast storm condition is released.

Broadcast Storm Protection Menu

You can configure the broadcast threshold value for each port, each segment, and each optional module. The Segment Rate Threshold, Port Rate Threshold, and Optional Module Rate Threshold determines whether the broadcast storm exists or not.

Segment ID: Identifies the 10Mbps segment or the 100Mbps segment.

Segment Broadcast Packet Rate Threshold: The number of broadcast packets received on a given segment per second. The range is 0 to 14,880 packets per second.

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