CHAPTER 5
Creating Rate-Limit Profiles
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This chapter provides information for configuring rate-limit policy management on E Series
routers. For information on monitoring rate-limit profiles, see "Monitoring Rate-Limit
Profiles" on page 203
This chapter discusses the following topics:
Rate Limits for Interfaces Overview on page 58
Hierarchical Rate Limits Overview on page 59
Percent-Based Rates for Rate-Limit Profiles Overview on page 69
Policy Parameter Quick Configuration on page 73
Creating Rate-Limit Profiles on page 73
One-Rate Rate-Limit Profiles Overview on page 78
Creating a One-Rate Rate-Limit Profile on page 79
Configuring a TCP-Friendly One-Rate Rate-Limit Profile on page 79
Two-Rate Rate-Limits Overview on page 81
Creating a Two-Rate Rate-Limit Profile on page 84
Setting the Committed Action for a Rate-Limit Profile on page 85
Setting the Committed Burst for a Rate-Limit Profile on page 85
Setting the Committed Rate for a Rate-Limit Profile on page 86
Setting the Conformed Action for a Rate-Limit Profile on page 86
Setting the Exceeded Action for a Rate-Limit Profile on page 87
Setting the Excess Burst for a Rate-Limit Profile on page 87
Setting the Mask Value for MPLS Rate-Limit Profiles on page 88
Setting the Mask Value for IP and IPv6 Rate-Limit Profiles on page 88
Setting the Peak Burst for Two-Rate Rate-Limit Profiles on page 88
Setting the Peak Rate for Rate-Limit Profiles on page 89
Setting a One-Rate Rate-Limit Profile on page 89
Setting a Two-Rate Rate-Limit-Profile on page 91
Bandwidth Management Overview on page 92
Rate-Limiting Traffic Flows on page 95
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