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Storm Control
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3-14.12 Storm Control The section allows user to configure the Storm control for the switch. There is a unicast storm rate control, multicast storm rate control, and a broadcast storm rate control. These only affect flooded frames, i.e. 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 the Apply to Apply the setting 5. If you want to cancel the setting then you need to click the Reset button. It will revert to previously Saved values Figure 3-14.12: The Storm Control Configuration Parameter description: Frame Type : The settings in a particular row apply to the frame type listed here: Unicast, Multicast or Broadcast. Enable : Enable or disable 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 to Apply changes. Reset- Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously Saved values. 169