Alloy Computer Products GSM-8T16SFP, GSM-24T2SFP Bandwidth, Port Number, Default State Disable

GSM Series User Manual

3-4. Bandwidth

The Bandwidth Management function of the GSM series of switches is used to limit the bandwidth a port may use when sending or receiving data. When limiting received data you can limit the bandwidth on a particular type of data, including all Traffic or Multicast and Broadcast Traffic.

When you click on the bandwidth menu on the left hand side a screen will appear with all ports being displayed with their current Bandwidth settings. To configure each individual ports bandwidth characteristics, highlight the port and click the Edit button on the bottom of the screen.

Fig. 3-18

Function Name:

Bandwidth Management

Function Description:

The Bandwidth Management function is used to limit the ingress (Incoming) and Egress

(Outgoing) bandwidth for each port.

Parameter Description:

Port Number:

Displays the current port that is being configured, this will depend on the port that was highlighted before the Edit button was pressed.

All Traffic for Ingress Rate Limiting (Policing):

Is used to set up the limit of Ingress bandwidth the port is allowed to utilise before traffic will be discarded. If the data exceeds the limit you have set all traffic will be discarded. Pause frames are also generated to stop the discarding of packets if Flow Control is enabled. The Ingress Rate Limiting will limit all data including unicast, broadcast and multicast traffic. Valid range is 0 ~ 1000.

Default State: Disable

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