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The Firewall maintains a facility to control packet storms. Storms are packet bombardments that exceed the high
threshold value configured for an interface. During a storm, packets are throttled until the rate falls below the
configured rate, severely impacting performance for the interface. Thresholds are configured in terms of packets
per second.
8. Refer to the
Traffic Type
Interface Type
Figure 7-2 Wireless Firewall screen - Storm Control tab
Storm Control Settings field to set the following:
Use the drop-down menu to define the traffic type for which the Storm
Control configuration applies. Options include ARP, Broadcast, Multicast
and Unicast.
Use the drop-down menu to define the interface for which the Storm
Control configuration is applied. Only the specified interface uses the
defined filtering criteria. Options include Ethernet, WLAN and Port
Channel.