Configuring Inbound Rate-Limiting - HP ProCurve 6400cl Series Management And Configuration Manual

Port Traffic Controls
Rate-Limiting
Note for Rate-
Limiting on Series
3400cl and 6400cl
Switches
13-4
Configuring rate-limiting on a 3400cl or 6400cl switch port consumes one per-
port rule and one per-port QoS mask. This affects the resources available for
configuring QoS and ACLs. If you plan to configure QoS and/or ACLs on a
3400cl or 6400cl switch, refer to the chapters on these topics in the Advanced
Traffic Management Guide for your switch.

Configuring Inbound Rate-Limiting

This command controls inbound usage of a port by setting a limit on the
bandwidth available for inbound traffic.
Syntax: [no] int < port- list > rate-limit < 0..100 >
Configures an inbound traffic rate limit (on non-trunked
ports) as a percentage of the bandwidth available on the link.
You can configure a rate limit from either the global
configuration level (as shown above) or from the port context
level. The "no" form of the command disables rate-limiting on
the specified ports. (Default: Disabled.)
Notes:
– Rate-Limiting applies only to non-trunked ports (and is
not recommended for meshed ports).
– Configuring a rate limit of 0 (zero) on a port blocks all
inbound traffic on that port. However, if this is the de-
sired behavior for the port, HP recommends that you use
< port-list > disable to disable the port instead of
configuring a rate limit of 0.
For example, either of the following commands configures an inbound rate
limit of 60% on ports A3 - A5:
HPswitch (config)# int a3-a5 rate-limit 60
HPswitch (eth-A3-A5)# rate-limit 60