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Broadcast Storm
The Broadcast storm page allows you to limit the amount of broadcast, multicast, or unicast data that is
allowed to pass incoming per port.
The
Storm Control Global Setup
allows you to modify how incoming traffic is calculated for storm
control.
Storm Control Mode:
Select the unit of storm control.
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Packet / Sec:
storm control rate calculated by packet
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Kbits / Sec:
storm control rate calculated by kilobit
Storm Control IFG:
Calculates traffic with or w/o preamble (8 bytes) & Inter-Frame Gap (12 bytes)
taken into account.
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Exclude:
exclude the preamble & IFG (20 bytes) when counting ingress storm control rate.
•
Include:
include preamble & IFG (20 bytes) when counting ingress storm control rate.
The Port section allows you to configure individual ports with the desired storm control values.
[Port]: Select the ports to configure.
State:
Select the state of setting.
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Enable:
Enable the storm control function.
Broadcast
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State: Enable or Disable the storm control function of Broadcast packet.