# Port Storm Configuration

The Port Storm Configuration dialog box provides information about the thresholds for particular types of traffic.

## Navigation

1. Right-click on the port, then select Configure > Port Storm Control > Port Storm Configuration from the popup menu.

The following information appears:

Threshold

> Traffic Type (cpscTrafficType)

> Upper Thresh Limit (cpscUpperThreshold)

> Lower Thresh Limit (cpscLowerThreshold)

> Action

> Action (cpscAction)

> Notification (cpscNotificationControl)

## Related Topics

Port Storm Status

### Traffic Type (cpscTrafficType)

Identifies a particular traffic type for which a management station wants to configure storm control on the given interface that is identified by its ifIndex.

broadcast (1) is the only valid value.

### Upper Thresh Limit (cpscUpperThreshold)

The upper threshold of the total amount of a particular traffic type.

The value represents the traffic as a percentage of total bandwidth of the interface in units of 0.01%.

### Lower Thresh Limit (cpscLowerThreshold)

The lower threshold of total amount of a particular traffic type.

When a filter action is in effect on an interface because of a previous storm event, the value of this object determines when the system will stop the filter action.

The value represents traffic as percent of total bandwidth of the interface in units of 0.01%.

### Action (cpscAction)

The storm control action taken when the traffic of a particular type exceeds the configured upper threshold values.

### Notification (cpscNotificationControl)

Controls when a storm control notification is generated.

Values are:

none (1) | The default value. No notifications are generated.
both (4) | A notification is generated when a storm event is both detected and cleared.