Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu

22.9 The Port Abnormal Traffic Detection Screen

This MES-2110 can detect excessive broadcasts or transmission load on a port and temporarily or permanently block traffic transmission on each port. Use this screen to configure the MES-2110’s threshold settings for blocking a port. You can also have the Switch unblock a port when it is no longer receiving large broadcast packets.

Click Mgmt Config > Port Abnormal Traffic Detection to open the following screen.

Figure 89 Mgmt Config > Port Abnormal Traffic Detection

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 73 Mgmt Config > Port Abnormal Traffic Detection

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Protection

Use this to enable or disable abnormal traffic detection on the

 

MES-2110.

 

 

Abnormal Traffic

Set the rules for abnormal traffic in the fields described below.

 

 

Threshold

Specify a threshold value (in broadcast packets per second). If

 

transmission load on a port exceeds this threshold, the MES-2110

 

blocks the port. The block can be blocked permanently or for a

 

period of time, depending on what you specify in this screen (see

 

fields below).

 

 

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