This accessible-for-notify INTEGER (inform(0)/throttle(1)/block(2)) identifies the mode that was applied to a host flagged by the connection rate filter, and is included as a variable in the notification trap. An admin reads this to know what action the switch actually took against the offending host — merely logging it, slowing its traffic, or blocking it outright. For example, a trap with this object set to block(2) tells the admin the flagged host's traffic was fully blocked by the switch.