
Chapter 6
Meters, queues and IPQoS
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6.4 Meter command groupIntroduction The meter command group is used to configure rate limiting. This allows aggregated 
data to be policed to pre-configured bandwidths. This rate limiting can be configured 
for a specific interface, ip address or service. A meter can be selected by a label or 
can be interface specific. In case the meter is configured for a specific interface no 
label is needed. Data in excess of the configured parameters will be discarded or 
optinally re-marked to a lower priority. 
Adding a meter Execute the following CLI command to add a meter:
This command will add a meter with the name “my_meter”.
Subsequently we need to configure the meter parameters. The section below shows 
and explains the different parameters needed to configure a meter.
{Administrator}=>:ipqos meter add name my_meter