Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds - SMC Networks SMC EZ Switch 10/100/1000 SMCGS8P-Smart 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 for each port. Any broadcast packets
exceeding the specified threshold will then be dropped.
Command Usage
• Broadcast Storm Control is enabled by default.
• The default threshold is 256 packets per second.
• Broadcast control does not effect IP multicast traffic.
• The specified threshold applies to all ports on the switch.
Command Attributes
• Threshold – Threshold as percentage of port bandwidth.
(Range: 16, 64, 128, or 256 packets per second; Default: 256
packets per second)
• Broadcast Control Status – Shows whether or not broadcast
storm control has been enabled. (Default: Enabled)
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