Administrator Guide

On one interface, you can configure the rate police command for a VLAN or you can configure the rate
police command for an interface. For each physical interface, you can configure three rate police
commands specifying different VLANS.
Related
Commands
rate-police — specifies traffic policing on the selected interface.
rate shape
Shape the traffic output on the selected interface.
C9000 Series
Syntax
rate shape [kbps] rate [burst-KB]
Parameters
kbps (Optional) Enter the keyword kbps to specify the rate limit in kilobits per second (Kbps).
The range is from 0 to 10000000. The default granularity is Megabits per second (Mbps).
rate Enter the outgoing rate in multiples of 10 Mbps. The range is from 0 to 40000.
burst-KB (OPTIONAL) Enter the burst size in KB. The range is from 0 to 10000. The default is 50.
Defaults Granularity for rate is Mbps unless you use the kbps option.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.2.1.0 Added the kbps option on the C-Series, E-Series, and S-Series.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series and C-Series.
6.1.1.1 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information If traffic is shaped between 64 and 1000 Kbs, for some values, the shaped rate is much less than the value
configured.
Related
Commands
rate-shape — shapes traffic output as part of the designated policy.
Quality of Service (QoS) 1359