SMC Networks SMC7724M/VSW manual Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds

CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Command Line Interface

Select the interface, and then enter the required settings.

Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/13	3-69
Console(config-if)#description RD SW#13	3-69
Console(config-if)#shutdown	3-74
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Console(config-if)#no shutdown
Console(config-if)#no negotiation	3-71
Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half	3-70
Console(config-if)#flowcontrol	3-73
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Console(config-if)#negotiation
Console(config-if)#capabilities 100half	3-72
Console(config-if)#capabilities 100full
Console(config-if)#capabilities flowcontrol

Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds

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 all ports. Any broadcast packets exceeding the specified threshold will then be dropped.

Fields and Attributes

•Broadcast Storm Control default is 500 packets per second.

•Broadcast control does not affect IP multicast traffic.

Web Interface

Click Port/Port Broadcast Control. Set the threshold for all ports (Range: 500 to 262,143 packets per second), and then click “Apply.”

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