GS700TS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual

Figure 6-9

The Storm Control screen contains the following fields:

Interface – Displays the port number for which the storm control information is displayed.

Broadcast Control – Select whether storm control is enabled or disabled on the interface according to Broadcast mode. The possible field values are:

Enable – Enables storm control on the interface.

Disable – Disables storm control on the interface.

Broadcast Mode – Select the Broadcast control mode on the interface. The possible field values are:

Multicast & Broadcast & Unknown Unicast – Counts Broadcast, Multicast and Unknown Unicast traffic together.

Multicast & Broadcast – Counts Broadcast and Multicast traffic together.

Broadcast Only – Counts Broadcast traffic only. This mode is enabled by default.

Broadcast Rate Threshold – Enter the maximum rate (kilobits per second) at which broadcast packets are forwarded. FE (Fast Ethernet) ports have a range of 70 - 100000 and GE (Gigabit Ethernet) ports have a range of 3500 - 1000000. The default value for both FE and GE ports is 3500.

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