Class-Based Accounting Configuration; Class-Based Accounting Overview; Configuring Class-Based Accounting - 3Com 4500G Family Configuration Manual

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Class-Based Accounting Configuration

When configuring class-based accounting, go to these sections for information you are interested in:

Class-Based Accounting Overview

Configuring Class-Based Accounting

Displaying and Maintaining Traffic Accounting
Class-Based Accounting Configuration Example
Class-Based Accounting Overview
Class-based accounting collects statistics on a per-traffic class basis. For example, you can define the
action to collect statistics for traffic sourced from a certain IP address. By analyzing the statistics, you
can determine whether there are anomalies and what action to take.
Configuring Class-Based Accounting
Follow these steps to configure class-based accounting:
To do...
Enter system view
Create a class and enter
class view
Configure the match criteria
Exit class view
Create a behavior and enter
behavior view
Configure the accounting
action
Exit behavior view
Create a policy and enter
policy view
Associate the class with the
traffic behavior in the QoS
policy
Exit policy view
Apply the
To an interface
QoS
policy
To a VLAN
Use the command...
system-view
traffic classifier tcl-name [ operator
{ and | or } ]
if-match match-criteria
quit
traffic behavior behavior-name
accounting
quit
qos policy policy-name
classifier tcl-name behavior
behavior-name
quit
Applying the QoS policy to an
interface
Applying the QoS policy to a VLAN
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Remarks
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Required
Optional
The class-based accounting
function on Switch 4500G
series switches counts
traffic in the number of
packets.
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