4.18.11 QoS Storm Policing Configuration

Global storm policers for the switch are configured on the Global Storm Policer Configuration page. There is a unicast storm policer, multicast storm policer, and a broadcast storm policer. These only affect flooded frames, that is, frames with a (VLAN ID, DMAC) pair are not present in the MAC Address table.

Figure 4-84. Global Storm Policer Configuration

The Global Storm Policer Configuration page has the following parameters:

Frame Type: The frame type for which the configuration below applies
Enable: Enable or disable the global storm policer for the given frame type
Rate: Controls the rate for the global storm policer. This value is restricted to 1–1024000 when the unit is fps, and 1–1024 when the unit is kfps. The rate is internally rounded up to the nearest value supported by the global storm policer. Supported rates are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and 512 fps for rates ≤ 512 fps and 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, and 1024 kfps for rates > 512 fps.
Unit: Controls the unit of measure for the global storm policer rate as fps or kfps