Bandwidth Control - D-Link DES-6500 - Switch User Manual

Bandwidth Control

The bandwidth control settings are used to place a ceiling on the transmitting and receiving data rates for any selected port. In the
Configuration folder, click QoS > Bandwidth Control, to view the screen shown below.
Figure 6- 41. Bandwidth Settings and Port Bandwidth Table window
The following parameters can be set or are displayed:
Parameter Description
Unit Choose the Switch ID number of the line card in the chassis to be modified.
From/To A consecutive group of ports may be configured starting with the selected port.
Type This drop-down menu allows a selection between RX (receive,) TX (transmit,) and Both. This
setting will determine whether the bandwidth ceiling is applied to receiving, transmitting, or both
receiving and transmitting packets.
No Limit This drop-down menu allows users to specify that the selected port will have no bandwidth limit.
Enabled disables the limit.
Rate This field allows you to enter the data rate, in Mbit/s, that will be the limit for the selected port.
The user may choose a rate between 1 and 9999 Mbit/s.
Click Apply to set the bandwidth control for the selected ports. Results of configured Bandwidth Settings will be displayed in
the Port Bandwidth Table.
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