12

Port Rate Limit and Storm Control

This chapter shows you how you can manage bandwidth on each port and set up broadcast storm control settings using the Port Rate and Storm Control screens.

12.1 Port Rate Screen

Rate control means defining a maximum allowable bandwidth for incoming and/or out-going traffic flows on a port. Click Rate > Port Rate in the navigation panel to bring up the screen as shown next.

Figure 42 Port Rate Limit

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Table 22 Rate Limit and Storm Control

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port

This field displays the port number. Click on an individual port number to configure rate

 

limits on that port.

 

 

 

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