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15.12 Storm
Control
Parameter
Description
The section configures the storm control for the switch. The types of controls are the
unicast storm rate control, the multicast storm rate control, and the broadcast storm
rate control. These only affect flooded frames (e.g. 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 “Save” to save the setting.
5.
If you want to cancel the setting, click the reset button to revert back to
previously saved values.
Figure 3-15.12: The Storm Control Configuration
Frame Type:
The settings in a particular row apply to the frame type listed here:
Unicast, Multicast or Broadcast.
Enable:
Enables or disables the storm control status for the given frame type.
Rate:
The rate unit is packets per second (pps). Valid values are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64,
128, 256, 512, 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1024K, 1024K,
2048K, 4096K, 8192K, 16384K or 32768K, 1024K, 2048K, 4096K, 8192K, 16384K, or
32768K.
The 1 kpps is actually 1002.1 pps.
Buttons:
Apply
– Click “Apply” to save changes.
Reset
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Click “Reset” to undo any changes made locally and revert to
previously saved values.
