Alloy Computer Products GSS-24T2SFP - Manual (Page 43)

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2.10.2 Storm Control
In the Rate Limit and Storm Control page, the hyperlink (e.g. Disabled) on the row labeled Storm
Control, shows the current setting for this function. Enabling or Disabling this function will globally
affect to all ports in the system. Click the hyperlink to configure.
In the Storm Control page, there are 2 fields to configure:
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Storm Control Type – 5 options are provided 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 of the Storm Control Type field.