Finisar Surveyor - Manual (Page 311)

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Expert Features
MAC Layer
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Excessive Broadcasts
Counter
Excessive Broadcasts is a counter that can be used to monitor fluctuations in the
number of broadcast messages over a period of time per segment. A delta threshold
for this counter can be set in Expert Alarms to establish what is considered
excessive broadcasts. An alarm event can also be generated based on an absolute
number of broadcasts over time.
The default is 400 broadcast packets per second on a 100MB network.