Traffic Management Screen

3.18 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCREEN

The Traffic Management screen is used to set up profile index traffic descriptors. Once the descriptors are set up, they can be assigned to PVCs created in Connection Setup or LEC Transmit Queue screens.

To access the Traffic Management Descriptor Profiles screen from the ATM menu screen, perform the following steps:

1.Use the arrow keys to highlight the TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT menu item of the ATM menu screen.

2.Press ENTER. The Traffic Management Descriptor Profiles screen, Figure 3-20, displays.

Figure 3-20 Traffic Management Descriptor Profiles Screen

Profile Index:

[1]

 

Profile Name:

Default UBR descriptor

Traffic Category:

[ UBR ]

 

Traffic Parameters:

Transmit Units: [ Cells/Second ]

Peak Cell Rate [ PCR ]

366792

Cells/Second

SAVE DELETE

EXIT

 

RETURN

2825_37

The following list explains each of the Traffic Management Descriptor Profiles screen fields:

Profile Index (Selectable)

The index number chosen here is used to create the traffic descriptor. The number chosen must be greater than 32 (1 to 31 is reserved). The default traffic descriptors are displayed as 1 thru 9. The first available new entry is displayed as “NEW ENTRY”.

Profile Name (Selectable)

Used to enter a name for the chosen traffic descriptor.

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Enterasys Networks VHSIM2-A6DP manual Traffic Management Screen, Profile Name Selectable

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