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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.
Storm Control Configuration
There are three type of traffic which can be rate limited, including broadcast
multicast frame and Flooded Uncast Rate.
Figure 1-13-1
Enable Rate Limit: Click the check box to enable storm control.
Rate (number of frames per second): The Rate field is set by a single drop-
down list. The same threshold is applied to every port on the switch. When
the threshold is exceeded, packets are dropped, irrespective of the flow-
control settings.
Web: Click PORTS, Storm Control. This page enables you to set the
broadcast storm control parameters for every port on the switch.
Figure 1-13-2