Broadcast Limiter; Description Broadcast Limiter; Setting Broadcast Limiter - Hirschmann MS30, Power MICE, MACH 4000, OCTOPUS User Manual

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8.3 Broadcast Limiter

8.3.1 Description Broadcast Limiter

To guarantee reliable data exchange during high broadcast traffic, the
Switch can limit broadcast traffic.
By entering a number for each port, you can set the number of broadcasts
that can be sent out of this port within a second.
If more than the maximum entered number of broadcasts are sent within a
second, the Switch rejects all subsequent broadcasts destined for this port.
A global setting activates/deactivates the broadcast limiter function at all
ports.

8.3.2 Setting Broadcast Limiter

V Select the Switching:Broadcast Limiter dialog.
In the check box "Broadcast Control Mode", you turn the broadcast limi-
ter on/off for all the ports.
Setting options per port:
D
= 0, no limitation on the broadcasts allowed out of this port.
D
> 0, maximum number of broadcasts per second that can be sent out
of this port.
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