D-Link DES-3528 Product Manual - Page 162

Traffic Control Settings window, From Port / To Port, Action, Port Settings

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xStack® DES-3528/DES-3552 Series Layer 2 Stackable Fast Ethernet Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide Figure 6-6 Traffic Control Settings window The fields that can be configured are described below: Parameter Description Unit From Port / To Port Action Count Down (0 or 3-30) Select the unit to configure. Use the drop-down menu to select the port range to use for this configuration. Select the method of traffic control from the pull-down menu. The choices are: Drop - Utilizes the hardware Traffic Control mechanism, which means the Switch's hardware will determine the Packet Storm based on the Threshold value stated and drop packets until the issue is resolved. Shutdown - Utilizes the Switch's software Traffic Control mechanism to determine the Packet Storm occurring. Once detected, the port will deny all incoming traffic to the port except STP BPDU packets, which are essential in keeping the Spanning Tree operational on the Switch. If the Count Down timer has expired and yet the Packet Storm continues, the port will be placed in Shutdown Forever mode and is no longer operational until the port recovers after 5 minutes automatically or the user manually resets the port using the Port Settings window (Configuration> Port Configuration> Port Settings). Choosing this option obligates the user to configure the Time Interval setting as well, which will provide packet count samplings from the Switch's chip to determine if a Packet Storm is occurring. The Count Down timer is set to determine the amount of time, in minutes, that the Switch will wait before shutting down the port that is experiencing a traffic storm. This parameter is only useful for ports configured as Shutdown in their Action field and therefore will not operate for hardware-based Traffic Control implementations. The possible time settings for this field are 0 and 3 to 30 minutes. Entering 0 means never go into Shutdown mode. Tick the Disabled check box to go into Shutdown mode 153

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xStack® DES-3528/DES-3552 Series Layer 2 Stackable Fast Ethernet Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide
Figure 6-6 Traffic Control Settings window
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Description
Unit
Select the unit to configure.
From Port / To Port
Use the drop-down menu to select the port range to use for this configuration.
Action
Select the method of traffic control from the pull-down menu. The choices are:
Drop
– Utilizes the hardware Traffic Control mechanism, which means the Switch’s
hardware will determine the Packet Storm based on the Threshold value stated and
drop packets until the issue is resolved.
Shutdown
– Utilizes the Switch’s software Traffic Control mechanism to determine the
Packet Storm occurring. Once detected, the port will deny all incoming traffic to the
port except STP BPDU packets, which are essential in keeping the Spanning Tree
operational on the Switch. If the Count Down timer has expired and yet the Packet
Storm continues, the port will be placed in Shutdown Forever mode and is no longer
operational until the port recovers after 5 minutes automatically or the user manually
resets the port using the
Port Settings
window (
Configuration> Port Configuration>
Port Settings
). Choosing this option obligates the user to configure the Time Interval
setting as well, which will provide packet count samplings from the Switch’s chip to
determine if a Packet Storm is occurring.
Count Down (0 or 3-30)
The Count Down timer is set to determine the amount of time, in minutes, that the
Switch will wait before shutting down the port that is experiencing a traffic storm. This
parameter is only useful for ports configured as
Shutdown
in their Action field and
therefore will not operate for hardware-based Traffic Control implementations. The
possible time settings for this field are
0
and
3
to
30
minutes. Entering
0
means never
go into Shutdown mode. Tick the Disabled check box to go into Shutdown mode
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