Administrator Guide

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 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.2.1.0 Added the kbps option on the C-Series, E-Series, and S-
Series.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.1.1.1
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
NOTE: Per Port rate shape and rate police is supported for Layer 2 tagged and
untagged switched traffic and for Layer 3 traffic. Per VLAN rate shape and rate
police is supported on only tagged ports with Layer 2 switched traffic.
S-Series
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.
rate shape
Shape the traffic output on the selected interface.
Z9000
Syntax
rate shape [kbps] rate [burst-KB]
Parameters
kbps Enter the keyword kbps to specify the rate limit in Kilobits
per second (Kbps). The range is from 0 to 40000000. The
default granularity is Megabits per second (Mbps).
rate The range is from 10 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.
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Quality of Service (QoS)