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Broadcast Storm Protection
The Broadcast Storm Protection feature provides the ability to control the receive rate of
broadcast, multicast, DLF, ARP and ICMP packets for every port. The maximum threshold
is 255 per time unit within the control period.
To configure and display the Broadcast Storm Protection, click
Basic Configuration >
Broadcast Storm Protection.
Figure 30 - Basic Configuration > Broadcast Storm Protection
Item
Description
Type
Various storm control types:
Broadcast
:
broadcast packets
Multicast
:
one-to- many transmissions of packets and the
40-bit of destination MAC is set to 1.
DLF
:
the destination MAC address not included in MAC
address table
ARP
:
ARP packet
ICMP
:
ICMP packet
Threshold
The maximum number of assigned packets can be received
by port within the receival period.
Period for (Giga/100/10)
Specify the receival period.
Port Selection
Select the setting ports.
Broadcast
Enable / Disable the control on broadcast packets.