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User’s Manual of VC-810S / VC-810S48
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4.11 Storm Control
The Storm Control function enables each port to drop broadcast packets (Destination MAC Address is
“FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF) after a continuous received broadcast packets counter count of 64.
This function is to control the Braodcast Storm packet on each port. The screen Figure 4-47 appears.
Figure 4-47- Strom Control screen
Object Description
The control function is used under 802.3x flow control mode. Strict flood mode
will drop broadcast packets if any destination packets to be flooded to all
non-congested ports
Enable – Enable Broadcast packet strict flood (Strict flood mode)
• Storm Control
Disable – Disable Broadcast packet strict flood (Loose flood mode)
The Strom Control function will reset the counter to 0 every 800ms or when receiving
non-broadcast packets.