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PowerFlex
8/24/48 Port GbE PoE Managed Switch User’s Guide
4.15.12
Storm Control
This section enables the user to configure the Storm control for the switch. 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
To configure the Storm Control Configuration parameters via the web interface:
1. Navigate to Configuration > QoS > Storm Control .
2. Enable Storm Control for the port and set the rate limits for the frame types.
3. Click
Apply or click Reset to cancel changes and revert to previously saved values. 0.
Figure 100: Storm Control Configuration
Parameter Description
Frame Type The settings in a particular row apply to the frame type listed here: Unicast,
Multicast or 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 or 1024K. ,
1024K, 2048K, 4096K, 8192K, 16384K or 32768K. , 1024K, 2048K, 4096K, 8192K,
16384K or 32768K.
1 kpps is actually 1002.1 pps
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