Viewing Broadcast Storm - 3Com 3CBLSG48 User Manual

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HAPTER ANAGING
Viewing Broadcast
Storm
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EVICE ECURITY
Broadcast Storm limits the amount of Multicast and Broadcast frames
accepted and forwarded by the device. When Layer 2 frames are
forwarded, Broadcast and Multicast frames are flooded to all ports on
the relevant VLAN. This occupies bandwidth, and loads all nodes on all
ports.
A Broadcast Storm is a result of an excessive amount of broadcast
messages simultaneously transmitted across a network by a single port.
Forwarded message responses are heaped onto the network, straining
network resources or causing the network to time out.
Broadcast Storm is enabled for all Gigabit ports by defining the packet
type and the rate the packets are transmitted. The system measures the
incoming Broadcast and Multicast frame rates separately on each port,
and discards the frames when the rate exceeds a user-defined rate.
Packet threshold is ignored if Broadcast Storm Control is Disabled.