Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds - SMC Networks TigerSwitch SMC6128PL2 Management Manual

Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds

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. Any broadcast packets exceeding the
specified threshold will then be dropped.
Command Usage
• Broadcast Storm Control is enabled by default.
• Broadcast control does not effect IP multicast traffic.
Command Attributes
• Port - Port number.
• Type – Indicates the port type. (100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T, or SFP)
• Protect Status – Shows whether or not broadcast storm control has
been enabled. (Default: Enabled)
• Threshold – Threshold as percentage of port bandwidth.
(Range: 64-100000 kilobits per second for Fast Ethernet ports;
64-1000000 kilobits per second for Gigabit ports)
• Trunk – Shows if a port is a trunk member.
Web – Click Port, Port/Trunk Broadcast Control. Set the threshold, mark
the Enabled field for the desired interface and click Apply.
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