Chapter 13 Broadcast Storm Control

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 32 Broadcast Storm Control

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to enable traffic storm control on the switch.

 

 

Port

This field displays a port number.

 

 

*

Settings in this row apply to all ports.

 

Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all ports. Use this

 

row first to set the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port

 

basis.

 

Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you

 

make them.

 

 

Broadcast (pkt/

Select this option and specify the maximum number of broadcast packets the port

s)

can receive per second.

 

 

Multicast (pkt/s)

Select this option and specify the maximum number of multicast packets the port

 

can receive per second.

 

 

DLF (pkt/s)

Select this option and specify the maximum number of destination lookup failure

 

(DLF) packets the port can receive per second.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the switch’s run-time memory. The switch

 

loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top

 

navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are

 

done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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