Figure 7-12. Storm Control

Port — The port from which storm control is enabled.

Broadcast Control — Enables or disables forwarding broadcast packet types on the device.

Mode — Specifies the Broadcast mode currently enabled on the device. The possible field value are:

Unknown Unicast, Multicast & Broadcast Counts unknown Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast traffic.

Multicast & Broadcast Counts Broadcast and Multicast traffic together.

Broadcast Only Counts only Broadcast traffic.

Rate Threshold (3.5-1000M)— The maximum rate (/Sec) at which packets are forwarded. The range is 3.5-1000M.

Enabling Storm Control on the Device

1Open the Storm Control page.

2Select an interface on which to implement storm control.

3Define the fields.

4Click Apply Changes.

The Storm Control is enabled on the device.

Displaying the Storm Control Table

1Open the Storm Control page.

2Click Show All.

The Storm Control Table opens:

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