Chapter 16 Storm Control

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 26 Broadcast Storm Control

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Storm Control Settings

 

 

Port

Select the port number for which you want to configure storm control

 

settings.

 

 

Rate

Select the number of packets (of the type specified in the Type field) per

 

second the Switch can receive per second.

 

 

Type

Select

 

Broadcast - to only specify a limit for the amount of broadcast packets

 

received per second.

 

Multicast - to only specify a limit for the amount of multicast packets

 

received per second.

 

DLF - to only specify a limit for the amount of DLF packets received per

 

second.

 

Bcast+Mcast - to specify a limit for the amount of broadcast and

 

multicast packets received per second.

 

Mcast+DLF - to specify a limit for the amount of multicast and DLF

 

packets received per second.

 

Bcast+DLF - to specify a limit for the amount of broadcast and DLF

 

packets received per second.

 

Bcast+Mcast+DLF - to specify a limit for the amount of broadcast,

 

multicast and DLF (Destination Lookup Failure) packets received per

 

second.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

Storm Control Status

 

 

Port

This field displays the number of a port.

 

 

Rate (pps)

This field displays the number of packets (of the type displayed in the

 

Type field) per second the Switch can receive per second.

 

 

Type

This field displays the packet types that the limit (of the rate displayed in

 

the Rate field) is applied on the Switch.

 

 

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