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P-871H Series User’s Guide

Chapter 7 Broadcast Storm Control

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Broadcast Storm Control

This chapter introduces and shows you how to configure the broadcast storm control feature.

7.1

Broadcast Storm Control Overview

Broadcast storm control limits the number of broadcast frames that can be stored in the

Prestige buffer or sent out from the Prestige. Broadcast frames that arrive when the buffer is

full are discarded. Enable this feature

to reduce broadcast traffic coming into your network.

7.2

Broadcast Storm Control Setup

Click

Advanced Application

,


in the navigation panel to display

the screen as shown next.

Figure 23


The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 19


LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box

to enable broadcast storm control on the Prestige. Clear this check

box to disable the feature.

Port

This field displays a port number.

Active

Select this check box

to enable broadcast storm control on the port. Clear this check box

to disable the feature.

Broadcast

Option

Select an option to limit the broadcast packets. Choices are

Disable

,

15000/1500(pps)

,

30000/3000(pps)

and

60000/6000(pps)

.

Select

Disable

to disable broadcast storm control.

Select

15000/1500(pps)

to allow up to 15000 pps (packet per second) for a 100 Mbps port

or 1500 pps for 10 Mbps port.

Select

30000/3000(pps)



Select

60000/6000(pps)



Rate

Specify how many packets a port receives per second.

Section	Page
P-871G Series User’s Guide	1
Copyright	2
Interference Statements and Warnings	3
Safety Warnings	4
ZyXEL Limited Warranty	5
Customer Support	6
Table of Contents	8
List of Figures	12
List of Tables	14
Preface	16
Getting to Know Your Prestige	18
1.1 Introduction	18
1.2 Software Features	18
1.3 Hardware Features	19
1.4 Internet Access Application	19
Hardware Overview	20
2.1 Hardware Connection	20
2.2 Front Panel LEDs	20
2.3 Rear Panel	21
2.3.1 VDSL Port	21
2.3.2 PHONE Port	21
2.3.3 LAN Ports	21
2.3.4 Console Port	21
2.3.5 POWER Port	22
The Web Configurator	24
3.1 Introduction	24
3.2 System Login	24
3.3 The Status Screen	25
3.3.1 Change Your Password	27
3.4 Prestige Lockout	27
3.5 Resetting the Prestige	28
3.5.1 Reload the Configuration File	28
3.6 Logging Out of the Web Configurator	29
3.7 Help	29
System Status and Port Statistics	30
4.1 Overview	30
Basic Setting	36
5.1 Overview	36
5.3 Introduction to VLANs	37
5.4 IGMP Snooping	38
VLAN	44
6.1 Introduction to IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN	44
6.1.1 Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames	44
6.2 Select the VLAN Type	45
6.4.1 Configure a Port-based VLAN	50
Broadcast Storm Control	52
7.2 Broadcast Storm Control Setup	52
Maintenance	54
8.1.1 VDSL Chip Reset	54
8.1.2 Load Factory Defaults	54
8.1.3 Reboot System	55
8.2 Firmware and Configuration Management	55
8.2.1 Filename Conventions	56
8.2.1.1 Example FTP Commands	56
8.2.2 FTP Command Line Procedure	56
8.2.3 GUI-based FTP Clients	57
MAC Table	58
9.2 Viewing the MAC Table	59
Introduction to CLI	60
10.1 Overview	60
10.1.1 Accessing the Command Line Interface	60
10.2 The Login Screen	60
10.2.1 Command Conventions	61
10.2.2 Command Syntax Conventions	61
10.2.3 Getting Help	61
10.3 Command Summary	62
Command Examples	64
11.1 Overview	64
11.2 config save	64
11.3 ip igmpsnoop	64
11.4 sys password	64
11.5 sys sw bmstorm enable	65
11.6 sys sw mac list	65
11.7 Ethernet Port Setup	65
11.7.1 sys sw port enable	66
11.7.2 sys sw port speed	66
11.7.3 sys sw port status	66
11.7.4 sys sw qos defpri	67
11.7.5 sys sw vlan status	67
11.7.6 sys sw vlan type	67
11.7.7 sys sw vlan1q port status	68
11.7.8 sys sw vlan1q port defaultVID	68
11.7.9 sys sw vlan1q svlan list	69
11.7.10 sys sw vlan1q svlan setentry	69
11.7.11 sys sw vlan1q status	69
Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address	72
Verifying Settings	87
IP Subnetting	88
ASCII Characters	96
Index	98
Numerics	98
A	98
B	98
C	98
D	98
E	98
F	98
G	99
H	99
I	99
L	99
M	99
N	99
O	99
P	99
Q	100
R	100
S	100
T	100
U	100
V	100
W	101

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