3-14.2 Port Policing - ZyXEL Communications XGS3600 Series Manual

3-14.2 Port Policing

This section provides an overview of QoS Ingress Port Policers for all switch ports The Port
Policing is useful in constraining traffic flows and marking frames above specific rates.
Policing is primarily useful for data flows and voice or video flows because voice and video
usually maintains a steady rate of traffic
Web Interface
To display the QoS Port Schedulers in the web interface:
1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Policing
2. Evoke which port need to enable the QoS Ingress Port Policers and type the Rate limit
condition.
3. Scroll to select the Rate limit Unit with kbps, Mbps, fps and kfps.
4. Click Apply to save the configuration.
Figure 3-14.2: The QoS Ingress Port Policers Configuration
Parameter description:
Port :

The port number for which the configuration below applies.
Mode :

Controls whether the policer is enabled on this switch port.
Rate :

Controls the rate for the policer. The default value is 500. This value is restricted to 100-
1000000 when the "Unit" is "kbps" or "fps", and it is restricted to 1-10000 when the "Unit" is
"Mbps" or "kfps".
Unit :

Controls the unit of measure for the policer rate as kbps, Mbps, fps or kfps . The default
value is "kbps".
Buttons:

Apply – Click to apply changes.
Reset- Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved
values.
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