SMC Networks SMC6709L2 manual Global Switch Settings

GLOBAL SWITCH SETTINGS

•Broadcast Storm Control – 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 maximum threshold for broadcast traffic.

Field Attributes

•MAC Table Address Entry Age-Out Time – The time after which a learned entry is discarded if no new traffic is seen from that address. (Range: 300-765 seconds; Default: 300 seconds)

•Max bridge transmit delay bound control – Limits the time packets can be queued in the switch. If enabled, packets queued beyond the specified time will be dropped. (Range: OFF, 1, 2, 4 seconds; Default: OFF)

•Broadcast Storm Filter Mode – The percentage of a port’s total bandwidth used by broadcast traffic. When broadcast traffic rises above the specified threshold, broadcast packets exceeding that threshold will then be dropped. (Range: OFF, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25%; Default: OFF)

Web – Click Administrator=>Switch Settings=>Advanced. Specify values for the aging time, transmit delay bound, and broadcast storm filter threshold, then click Apply.

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