Broadcast Storm Control; Vlans - 3Com SuperStack 3C17300 Implementation Manual

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HAPTER WITCH
Broadcast Storm
Control

VLANs

F O
EATURES VERVIEW
For more information about RMON and Event Notification, see
"Status Monitoring and
Broadcast Storm Control is a system that monitors the level of broadcast
traffic on that port.
number of frames per
is blocked until the broadcast
system prevents the overwhelming broadcast traffic that can result from
network equipment which is faulty or configured incorrectly.
A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a flexible group of devices that can be located
anywhere in a network, but which communicate as if they are on the
same physical segment. With VLANs, you can segment your network
without being restricted by physical connections — a limitation of
traditional network design. As an example, with VLANs you can segment
your network according to:
Departmental groups
Hierarchical groups
Usage groups
For more information about VLANs, see
LANs".
Statistics".
If the broadcast traffic level rises to a pre-defined
second (threshold), the broadcast traffic on the port
traffic level drops below the threshold.
Chapter 8 "Setting Up Virtual
Chapter 7
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