Storm Control - HP nj2000 User Manual

Storm Control

This page allows you to set up a threshold for incoming broadcast and multicast packets. Too many incoming
packets can severely cripple the switch and network performance. Rate limiting protects the switch and network by
keeping the amount of data passing through the ports to a safe limit. The use of VLANs and Trunks to partition ports
and network devices into separate groups can also keep the network from unnecessary traffic by restricting the
packet destination. The same setting is applied to all the ports on the switch.
Enable Storm Control – Click the check box to enable storm control for the specific frame type.
Rate(number of frames per second) – The Rate field is set by a single drop-down list. The same threshold
is applied to every port on the switch. When the threshold is exceeded, packets are dropped, irrespective of
the flow-control settings.
There are three main buttons associated with this page:
HELP - Displays this window.
APPLY - Updates the switch configuration. No changes are made to the configuration until this button is
pressed.
CANCEL - All changes made to the page are discarded and the switch configuration remains unchanged.
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