Storm Control; Storm Policing Configuration - Planet IGS-5225 Series User Manual

4.4.3 Storm Control

4.4.3.1 Storm Policing Configuration

Storm control for the switch is configured on this page. 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.
The Storm Control Configuration screen in
The page includes the following fields:
Object
• Port
Enable
•
• Rate
• Unit
Buttons
: Click to apply changes
: Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.
Figure 4-4-3-1 appears.
Figure 4-4-3-1: Storm Control Configuration Page Screenshot
Description
The port number for which the configuration below applies.
Controls whether the storm control is enabled on this switch port.
Controls the rate for the storm control. The default value is 500. This value is
restricted to 100-1000000 when the "Unit" is "kbps" or "fps", and it is restricted to
1-13200 when the "Unit" is "Mbps" or "kfps".
Controls the unit of measure for the storm control rate as kbps, Mbps, fps or
kfps . The default value is "kbps".
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