Storm Control - ZyXEL Communications GS1900-8 User Manual

19.6 Storm Control

Broadcast st orm cont rol lim it s t he num ber of broadcast , m ult icast and dest inat ion lookup failure
( DLF) packet s t he Swit ch receives per second on t he port s. When t he m axim um num ber of
allowable broadcast , m ult icast and/ or DLF packet s is reached per second, t he subsequent packet s
are discarded. Enable t his feat ure t o reduce broadcast , m ult icast and/ or DLF packet s in your
net work. You can specify lim it s for each packet t ype on each port .
19.6.1 The Port Screen
Use t his screen t o view St orm Cont rol set t ings for individual port s. Click Configur a t ion > Por t >
St or m Cont r ol > Por t t o open t his screen.
Figure 102 Configurat ion > Port > St orm Cont rol > Port
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 69 Configurat ion > Port > St orm Cont rol > Port
LABEL
Port
Edit
Port
St at e
Broadcast ( pps)
Unknown
Mult icast ( pps)
Unknown
Unicast ( pps)
Act ion
Chapter 19 Configuration: Port
DESCRIPTION
Select t his check box t o configure t he propert ies of a port . Click t he Edit but t on change t he
propert ies of t he port .
Displays t he port index num ber.
Displays whet her t he t raffic st orm cont rol on t he Swit ch is enabled or disabled.
Displays how m any broadcast packet s t he port receives per second.
Displays how m any m ult icast packet s t he port receives per second.
Displays how m any unicast packet s t he port receives per second.
Displays t he act ion t he device t akes when a lim it is reached. The following opt ions are
available:
• D r op - drop t he packet .
• Shu t dow n - shut dow n t he connect ion.
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