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NOTE: The show cam-usage command provides much of the same information as the test cam-usage command,
but whether a policy-map can be successfully applied to an interface cannot be determined without rst measuring how
many CAM entries the policy-map would consume; the test cam-usage command is useful because it provides this
measurement.
• Verify that there are enough available CAM entries.
test cam-usage
Example of the test cam-usage Command
Dell# test cam-usage service-policy input pmap_l2 port-set 0
Port-pipe | CAM Partition | Available CAM | Estimated CAM | Status
=====================================================================
0 L2ACL 500 200 Allowed(2)
Specifying Policy-Based Rate Shaping in Packets Per Second
Conguration of rate shaping in packets per second (pps) for QoS output policies is supported on the platform.
You can congure rate shaping in pps for a QoS output policy, apart from specifying the rate shaping value in bytes. You can also
congure the peak rate and the committed rate for packets in kilobits per second (Kbps) or pps.
Committed rate refers to the guaranteed bandwidth for trac entering or leaving the interface under normal network conditions.
When trac propagates at an average rate that is less than or equal to the committed rate, it is considered to be green-colored or
coded. When the transmitted trac falls below the committed rate, the bandwidth, which is not used by any trac that is traversing
the network, is aggregated to form the committed burst size. Trac is considered to be green-colored up to the point at which the
unused bandwidth does not exceed the committed burst size.
Peak rate refers to the maximum rate for trac arriving or exiting an interface under normal trac conditions. Peak burst size
indicates the maximum size of unused peak bandwidth that is aggregated. This aggregated bandwidth enables brief durations of
burst trac that exceeds the peak rate and committed burst.
In releases of Dell Networking OS earlier than Release 9.3(0.0), you can congure only the maximum shaping attributes, such as the
peak rate and the peak burst settings. You can now specify the committed or minimum burst and committed rate attributes. The
committed burst and committed rate values can be dened either in bytes or pps.
You can use the rate-shape pps peak-rate burst-packets command in the QoS Policy Out Conguration mode to
congure the peak rate and burst size as a measure of pps. Alternatively, you can use the
rate shape kbps peak-rate
burst-KB command to congure the peak rate and peak burst size as a measure of bytes.
Similarly, you can use the rate-shape pps peak-rate burst-packets committed pps committed-rate burst-
packets command in the QoS Policy Out Conguration mode to congure the committed rate and committed burst size as a
measure of pps. Alternatively, you can use the
rate shape kbps peak-rate burst-KB committed kbps
committed-rate burst-KB command to congure the committed rate and committed burst size as a measure of bytes. If you
congure the peak rate in pps, the peak burst size must also be congured as a measure of number of packets. Similarly, if you
congure the peak rate in Kbps, the peak burst size must also be congured as a measure of bytes.
Conguring Policy-Based Rate Shaping
Conguration of rate shaping for QoS output policies in packets per second (pps) is supported on the platform.
You can explicitly specify the rate shaping functionality for QoS output policies as peak rate and committed rate attributes. You can
also congure the peak burst and committed burst sizes. All of these settings can be congured in Kbps, Mbps, or pps.
To congure the peak and committed rates and burst sizes, perform the following steps:
1. Congure the peak rate and peak burst size in pps in QoS Policy Out Conguration mode.
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