ZyXEL Communications GS-1524 User Manual
Chapter 12 Port Rate Limit and Storm Control
GS-1524/GS-1548 User’s Guide
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12.1.2 Broadcast Storm Control Setup
Broadcast storm control limits the number of broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast (also
referred to as Destination Lookup Failure or DLF) packets the Switch receives per second on
the ports. When the maximum number of allowable broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast
packets is reached per second, the subsequent packets are discarded. Enable this feature to
reduce broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast packets in your network.
Click Rate > Storm Control in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown next.
referred to as Destination Lookup Failure or DLF) packets the Switch receives per second on
the ports. When the maximum number of allowable broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast
packets is reached per second, the subsequent packets are discarded. Enable this feature to
reduce broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast packets in your network.
Click Rate > Storm Control in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown next.
Figure 46 Broadcast Storm Control