Instruction Manual
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Applying Storm Control Port Settings
1.
On the
Storm Control Setting
page, select the
Port
the Storm Control settings
will apply to.
2.
Select a
Port State,
allows you to disable or enable storm control on the
selected port.
3.
Select an
Action
from the drop-down list, that occurs when the Storm Control
rate is exceeded on the selected port:
•
Shutdown
•
Drop
4.
Select a
Type Enabled
:
•
Broadcast:
A packets is transmitted from one sender to multiple receivers.
•
Unknown unicast:
A packets is transmitted from one sender to one
receiver.
•
Unknown multicast:
A packets is transmitted from multiple sends to
multiple receivers.
5.
Enter the
Rate (kbps/pps)
, which
allows you to set the maximum number of
packets per second (pps) transmitted. By default this field is set to 10000.
Viewing Storm Control Information
•
On the
Storm Control Information
page, the following information is
displayed:
•
Port:
The number of the port that the storm control setting are applied to.
•
Port State:
Displays whether the
Storm Control
settings are
Enabled
or
Disabled
on the corresponding port.
•
Broadcast (kbps):
Displays whether
Broadcast
is
Enabled
or
Disabled
and
the
Rate
maximum packets per second transmitted.
•
Unknown Multicast (kbps):
Displays whether
Unknown Multicasat
is
Enabled
or
Disabled
and the
Rate
maximum packets per second
transmitted.
•
Unknown Unicast (kbps):
Displays whether
Unknown Unicast
is
Enabled
or
Disabled
and the
Rate
maximum packets per second transmitted.
