Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds; Figure 3-58 Enabling Port Broadcast Control - SMC Networks SMC TigerStack III SMC6824M 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 all ports. 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.
• The specified threshold applies to all ports on the switch.
Command Attributes
• Threshold – Threshold as percentage of port bandwidth.
(Options: 500-262143 packets per second; Default: 500 packets per
second)
• Broadcast Control Status – Shows whether or not broadcast storm
control has been enabled. (Default: Enabled)
Web – Click Port, Broadcast Control. Set the threshold any port, click
Apply.

Figure 3-58 Enabling Port Broadcast Control

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