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M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches
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5. Use one of the following methods to select a port:
• In the Go T
o Port field, enter the interface in the unit/slot/port format and click on the
Go button.
• Next to the Port column, select the check box for the port that you want to configure,
select multiple check boxes to apply the same setting to all selected ports, or select
the check box in the table heading to apply the same settings to all ports.
6. Configure broadcast storm control:
• Recovery Mode. Enable or disable this option. When you specify Enable and the
broadcast traf
fic on the specified port exceeds the configured threshold, the switch
blocks (discards) the broadcast traffic. The factory default is Enable.
• Recovery Level Type. Specify the recovery level as a percentage of link speed or as
packets per second.
• Recovery Level. Specify the threshold at which storm control activates.
The factory
default is 5 percent of port speed for pps type.
• Control Action. Specify the action that occurs when the configured threshold for the
broadcast storm is exceeded.
You can select the port to be shut down or traffic on the
port to be rate-limited. The default is RateLimit.
7. Configure broadcast storm control:
• Recovery Mode. Enable or disable this option. When you specify Enable and the
multicast traf
fic on the specified port exceeds the configured threshold, the switch
blocks (discards) the multicast traffic. The factory default is Enable.
• Recovery Level Type. Specify the recovery level as a percentage of link speed or as
packets per second.
• Recovery Level. Specify the threshold at which storm control activates.
The factory
default is 5 percent of port speed for pps type.
8. Configure broadcast storm control:
• Recovery Mode. Enable or disable this option. When you specify Enable and the
unicast traf
fic on the specified port exceeds the configured threshold, the switch
blocks (discards) the unicast traffic. The factory default is Enable.
• Recovery Level Type. Specify the recovery level as a percentage of link speed or as
packets per second.
• Recovery Level. Specify the threshold at which storm control activates.
The factory
default is 5 percent of port speed for pps type.