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4.9.14 Storm Control Configuration

Storm control for the switch is configured on this page.

There is a unicast storm rate control, multicast storm rate control, and a broadcast storm rate control. These only affect flooded

frames, i.e. frames with a (VLAN ID, DMAC) pair not present on the MAC Address table.

The configuration indicates the permitted packet rate for unicast, multicast or broadcast traffic across the switch. The Storm

Control Configuration screen in

Figure 4-9-17

appears.

Figure 4-9-17: Storm Control Configuration Page Screenshot

The page includes the following fields:

Object

Description

Frame Type

The settings in a particular row apply to the frame type listed here:

unicast

multicast

Broadcast

Enable

Enable or disable the storm control status for the given frame type.

Rate

The rate unit is packets per second (pps). Valid values are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64,

128, 256, 512, 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K , 1024K,

2048K, 4096K, 8192K, 16384K or 32768K.

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: Click to save changes.

: Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.