Chapter 12 Bandwidth Control

Figure 55 Bandwidth Control

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 31 Bandwidth Control

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to activate bandwidth control.

 

 

Port

This field displays the port number.

 

 

*

Settings in this row apply to all ports.

 

Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all ports. Use this row

 

first to set the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port basis.

 

Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you

 

make them.

 

 

Ingress

 

Rate

 

 

 

Active

Select this check box to activate commit rate limits on this port.

 

 

Commit

Specify the guaranteed bandwidth allowed in kilobits per second (Kbps) for the incoming

Rate

traffic flow on a port. The commit rate should be less than the peak rate. The sum of

 

commit rates cannot be greater than or equal to the uplink bandwidth.

 

 

Active

Select this check box to activate peak rate limits on this port.

 

 

Peak

Specify the maximum bandwidth allowed in kilobits per second (Kbps) for the incoming

Rate

traffic flow on a port.

 

 

Active

Select this check box to activate egress rate limits on this port.

 

 

Egress

Specify the maximum bandwidth allowed in kilobits per second (Kbps) for the out-going

Rate

traffic flow on a port. Enter a number between 1 and 1000000.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the switch’s run-time memory. The switch loses

 

these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation

 

panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to reset the fields to your previous configuration.

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