11
Bandwidth Control
This chapter shows you how you can cap the maximum bandwidth allowed on the ports using the Bandwidth Control screen.
11.1 Configuring Bandwidth Control
Bandwidth control means defining a maximum allowable bandwidth for incoming and/or outgoing traffic on a port.
11.1.1 CIR and PIR
The Committed Information Rate (CIR) is the guaranteed bandwidth for the incoming traffic flow on a port. The Peak Information Rate (PIR) is the maximum bandwidth allowed for the incoming traffic flow on a port when there is no network congestion.
The CIR and PIR should be set for all ports that use the same uplink bandwidth. If the CIR is reached, packets are sent at the rate up to the PIR. When network congestion occurs, packets through the ingress port exceeding the CIR will be marked for drop.
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The CIR should be less than the PIR.
The sum of CIRs cannot be greater than or equal to the uplink bandwidth.
Click Advanced Application and then Bandwidth Control in the navigation panel to bring up the screen as shown next.
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