3-14.13 Storm Control - ZyXEL Communications XGS3600 Series Manual

3-14.13 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 save 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 3-14.13: The Storm Control Configuration
Parameter description:
Port :
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The port number for which the configuration below applies.
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