Allied Telesis RAPIER I - Manual (Page 127)

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The following table explains the basic concepts involved with storm protection.
Command Changes
The following table summarises the modified commands:
Concept Description
Window The frequency at which traffic is measured to determine whether storm
protection should be activated.
Rate The amount of traffic per second that must be exceeded before the switch
takes the configured action.
Action What the switch does when it detects a storm on a port.
Timeout The length of time the port remains disabled after a port has been disabled
due to a packet storm.
Command Change
create qos policy
set qos policy New dtcstormstatus parameter
New dtcstormwindow parameter
New dtcstormrate parameter
New dtcstormaction parameter
New dtcstormtimeout parameter
show qos policy Output for storm protection
create qos trafficclass
set qos trafficclass New stormstatus parameter
New stormwindow parameter
New stormrate parameter
New stormaction parameter
New stormtimeout parameter
show qos trafficclass Output for storm protection