Port Broadcast Control - SMC Networks SMCGS16-Smart Management Manual

Port Broadcast Control

Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is
malfunctioning, or if application programs are not well designed or
properly configured. If there is too much broadcast traffic on your
network, performance can be severely degraded or everything can come to
complete halt.
You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a
threshold for broadcast traffic for each port. Any broadcast packets
exceeding the specified threshold will then be dropped.
Field Attributes
• Enable Broadcast Storm Control – Click to select the boxt to enable
Broadcast Storm Control.
• Bandwidth Limit – Threshold as percentage of port bandwidth. This
field accepts an integer value in the range 1 to 100. The value specifies
the percentage of the available input bandwidth that can be made
available for broadcast and multicast traffic. The same percentage
threshold is applied to every port on the switch. When the threshold is
exceeded, packets are dropped, irrespective of the flow control settings.
Web – Click PORTS, Broadcast Control. This page enables you to set the
broadcast storm control parameters for every port on the Switch.
Figure 15 Port Broadcast Control
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