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Policing Traffic

It is critical that network resources are available to customers. When network resources are overloaded

due to inadequate traffic management, you lose the benefits that a network provides. Controlling the flow

of data across your network helps to ensure the efficiency of the network.

Policing is an important traffic regulation mechanism. Using policing, you can configure your system to

more effectively handle traffic issues before they overload your network. Policing enables you to

determine how traffic is managed by the network to avoid congestion and system inefficiencies, thereby

increasing network availability and maximizing the use of bandwidth.

This chapter describes the policing capabilities of the Cisco 10000 series router. It includes the following

Traffic Policing, page 6-2

Single-Rate Color Marker for Traffic Policing, page 6-4

Two-Rate Three-Color Marker for Traffic Policing, page 6-8

Percent-Based Policing, page 6-11

Control Plane Policing, page 6-13

AToM Set ATM CLP Bit Using a Policer, page 6-13

Policing Support for GRE Tunnels, page 6-17

Interfaces Supporting Policing, page 6-17

Metering Traffic and Token Buckets, page 6-18

Committed Bursts and Excess Bursts, page 6-21

Data Included in the Policing Rate, page 6-23

Policing Rate Granularity, page 6-25

Avoiding Bandwidth Starvation Due to Priority Services, page 6-25

Avoiding Bandwidth Starvation Due to Priority Services, page 6-25

Configuring Traffic Policing, page 6-27

Verifying and Monitoring Traffic Policing, page 6-41

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