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Enabling Storm Control
A Broadcast Storm is a result of an excessive amount of broadcast messages simultaneously
transmitted across a network by a single port. Forwarded message responses are loaded onto
the network, straining network resources or causing the network to time out.
Storm Control is enabled for all fast Ethernet ports or for Giga ports by defining the packet
type and the rate the packets are transmitted. Ports can also be grouped to provide Storm
protection for the entire group.
The system measures the incoming Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown frame rate
separately on each port, and discards frames when the rate exceeds a user-defined rate.
The
Storm Control
page allows network managers to enable and configure Storm Control.
To open the
Storm Control
page :
•
Click
Switch > Ports > Storm Control
in the Tree View to open the
Storm Control
page.
S t o r m C o n t r o l P a g e
The
Storm Control
page contains the following fields:
•
Interface
—Indicates the interface on which storm control is being configured.