Rate Limit - Planet SGSD-1022 User Manual

4.4.5 Rate Limit

This function allows the network manager to control the maximum rate for traffic received on a port or transmitted from a port.
Rate limiting is configured on ports at the edge of a network to limit traffic coming in and out of the network. Packets that exceed
the acceptable amount of traffic are dropped.
Rate limiting can be applied to individual ports. When an interface is configured with this feature, the traffic rate will be monitored
by the hardware to verify conformity. Non-conforming traffic is dropped, conforming traffic is forwarded without any changes.
4.4.5.1 Input Rate Limit Port Configuration
Use the rate limit configuration pages to apply input rate limiting.
1. Click Port, Rate Limit, Inputt Port Configuration.
2. Enable the Rate Limit Status for the required interfaces, set the Rate Limit Scale and Rate Limit Level, and click Apply.
The page includes the following fields:
Object
Port/Trunk
Input Rate Limit Status
Input Rate Limit
Scale/Level
Figure 4-4-8 Input Rate Limit Port Configuration page screenshot
Description
Displays the port/trunk number
Enables or disables the rate limit.
(Default: Enabled)
Multiplied by one another, the scale and level set the rate limit.
For example, to limit port traffic to 500K bytes per second, choose 100K under
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