SMC Networks GS8P-SMART, Management Manual

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Configuring the Switch
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Web – Click PORTS, Settings.
Figure 3-13 Port Configuration
Storm Control
Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is malfunctioning, or if
application programs are not well designed or properly configured. If there is too
much broadcast traffic on your network, performance can be severely degraded or
everything can come to complete halt.
You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a threshold for
broadcast traffic for each port. Any broadcast packets exceeding the specified
threshold will then be dropped.
Field Attributes
• Type – List the type of traffic which can be rate limited, including ICMP, learn
frames, broadcast, multicast and flooded unicast frames.
• Enable Storm Control – Click the check box to enable storm control for the
specific frame type.
• Rate (number of frames per second) – The Rate field is set by a single drop-down
list. The same threshold is applied to every port on the switch. When the threshold
is exceeded, packets are dropped, irrespective of the flow-control settings.