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Rate Limiting Configuration Screen

Table 8-10 Rate Limiting Configuration Screen Field Descriptions (Continued)

Use this field…	To…
Priority List	Assign one or more priorities to the port being configured. The settings
– bottom of screen	available are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or ALL. When the Priority List is
(Selectable)	highlighted, the SPACE bar is used to step to the priority, which must
	be marked with an asterisk (*) using the M key. More than one priority
	may be selected and marked for each port.
		NOTE: If there are two entries for Inbound traffic with the same
		Port number (for example, Port 2 and Port 2), you cannot assign
		the same priority to both Port Inbound entries. This also holds
		true for two entries for Outbound traffic on the same port.
	The selected priorities can be cleared by stepping to each one and
	pressing the M key.
	For details on configuring a port, refer to Section 8.8.1.
Direction	Toggle between Inbound and Outbound rate limiting. Inbound is the
– bottom of screen	default value. Up to four rate limit rules (entries) may be set per port,
(Toggle)	two for Inbound and two for Outbound or any combination of the four
	Inbound or Outbound. Inbound refers to traffic being received by the
	SmartSwitch device and Outbound refers to traffic leaving the
	SmartSwitch device.
	Inbound configures the rate limit to drop frames when the traffic rate
	(Kbps) received by the switch port exceeds the setting in the Max Rate:
	Kbps field for a particular entry. If there are two or three priority port
	entries set to Inbound, each entry functions independently. So, if the
	Max Rate is exceeded in one entry, the frames in that entry are
	dropped. However, if the traffic associated with another other entry on
	the same port is transmitting within its maximum rate setting, the
	frames on that port are not affected.
	Outbound functions the same as the Inbound, except that the port is
	configured to drop frames when the traffic rate (Kbps) out of the port
	exceeds the setting in the Max Rate: Kbps field for a particular entry.

8-40802.1p Configuration Menu Screens