2.10.2 Storm Control
In the Rate Limit and Storm Control page, the hyperlink (e.g. Disabled) on the row with Storm
Control field shows the current setting of this function. This function will globally affect all ports in
the system. Just click this hyperlink to configure the setting.
In the Storm Control page, there are 2 fields to configure this function:
Storm Control Type – 5 options to provide in this dropdown
¾ Disabled – to disable storm control. This option will disable the dropdown in the Storm
Control Rate field
¾ Broadcast only – to suppress the broadcast frames only
¾ Broadcast and multicast – to suppress both the broadcast and multicast frames
¾ Broadcast and unknown unicast – to suppress both the broadcast and unicast frames
with unknown destination MAC address
¾ Broadcast, multicast and unicast – to suppress broadcast, multicast and unicast frames
with unknown destination MAC address
The following figure shows the options in the dropdown box of the Storm Control Type field.
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