Configure Port Rate Limits

Note

Note

This procedure does not apply to XA1400 Series.

Configure broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast bandwidth limiting to limit the amount of ingress traffic on a port. The switch drops traffic that violates the bandwidth limit.

About this task

Note

Note

VSP 8600 Series does not support this feature for unknown unicast traffic.

Procedure

  1. On the Device Physical View, select a port or multiple ports.
  2. In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > Edit > Port.
  3. Select General.
  4. Select the Rate Limiting tab.
  5. In the row for the required traffic type, configure the bandwidth limit in AllowedRatePps.
  6. In the row for the required traffic type, select true for Enable.
  7. Select Apply.

Rate Limiting Field Descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the Rate Limiting tab.

Name

Description

Index

Displays the port number.

TrafficType

Displays the type of traffic being rate limited, either broadcast/unknown unicast or multicast traffic. The default is broadcast, which means both broadcast and unknown unicast traffic.

AllowedRatePps

Specifies the allowed traffic rate limit for the port in packets per second (pps).

1–65535 configures the limit in packets for each second. The default is 25.

Enable

Enables or disables rate limiting. The default is false or disabled.
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