Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface

Web Configuration

 

Rate Limits

 

Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is

 

malfunctioning, or if application programs are not well designed or properly

 

configured. If there is too much broadcast traffic on your network,

 

performance can be severely degraded, or everything can come to a complete

 

halt.

 

You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a threshold

 

for broadcast traffic for each port. Any broadcast packets exceeding the

 

specified threshold will then be dropped.

 

 

N o t e

Rate limiting is not supported on the ProCurve Switch 1700-8 due to a

 

hardware limitation.

 

 

Field Attributes

•Enable Rate Limits – Click to select the box to enable rate limits. (Default: Disabled)

•Limit (number of frames per second) – Threshold of port bandwidth measured in number of frames per second. From the drop down menu you can choose the desired limit. The value specifies the size of the available input bandwidth that can be made available for broadcast and multicast traffic. The same limit size is applied to every port on the switch. When the limit size is exceeded, packets are dropped, irrespective of the flow control settings.

Web – Click System, Rate Limits. This page enables you to set the broadcast storm control parameters for the switch.

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