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Chapter 5: Configuration
5.15.12 Storm Control
The section explains how 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.
Web Interface
To configure the Storm Control Configuration parameters in the web interface:
1. Click Configuration, QoS, Storm Control Configuration
2. Evoke to select the frame type to enable storm control
3. Scroll to set the Rate Parameters
4. Click the apply to save the setting
5. To cancel the setting, click the Reset button. It will revert to previously saved values.
Figure 5-85. Storm Control Configuration screen.
