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656 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide
– Egress Shaping Rate — Enable/disable egress traffic limitation. If this
field is selected, enter the following fields.
–
Committed Information Rate (CIR) — Enter the average maximum
amount of data allowed to be sent on the egress interface, measured in
bits per second.
–
Committed Burst Size (CBS) — Enter the maximum burst of data
that is allowed to be sent on the egress interface, even though it is
above the CIR. This is defined in number of bytes of data.
Configuring Bandwidth Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the CLI commands for configuring fields in
the Bandwidth pages.
The following is an example of the CLI commands:
Table 22-6. Bandwidth CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
traffic-shape committed-rate
[committed-burst]
no traffic-shape
Sets shaper on egress port.
Use no form in order to disable
the shaper.
rate-limit committed-rate-kbps
[burst committed-burst-byte]
no rate-limit
Limits the rate of the incoming
traffic.
Use the no form to disable rate
limit.
console(config)# interface gi1/0/5
console(config-if)# traffic-shape 124000 9600
console(config-if)# rate-limit 150000