Chapter 12 Port Rate Limit and Storm Control

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Table 22 Rate Limit and Storm Control

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port

This field displays the port number. Click on an individual port number to configure rate

 

limits on that port.

 

 

Ingress Rate

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

 

incoming traffic flow on a port.

 

 

Egress Rate

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

 

going traffic flow on a port.

 

 

12.1.1 Rate Limit Screen

Click a port number in the Port Rate screen to bring up the screen as shown next.

Figure 43 Rate Limit Configuration

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Table 23 Rate Limit Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Ingress Rate

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

 

traffic flow on a port.

 

 

Egress Traffic

Select Disabled to not have any bandwidth limits for outgoing traffic on the port or

Shaping

select Enabled to enable bandwidth limits for outgoing traffic on the port.

 

 

Rate

This is a read only field indicating the rate limit of outgoing traffic on the port in Kbps.

 

This value changes depending on the number of Tokens Added Per Interval.

 

 

80

 

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