C H A P T E R 5 Using Local Management

Broadcast Storm Control

Local Management

LOCATION

Main Menu

Configure Device

Broadcast Storm Control

Description

You can use broadcast storm control to filter out broadcasts from faulty devices to prevent them from degrading network performance.

For a more information about of broadcast storm control, see Chapter 2.

Setting: Enables or disables broadcast storm control on each port (press z).

Upper Threshold: Sets the threshold of broadcast traffic on a port (shown as a percentage of the port’s total bandwidth) that activates broadcast storm control. Type a value from 1–20%. The default value is 20%.

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