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Configuring Hardware Rate Shaping Using Variable Queues

    1. Click [ConfigBtn] on the home page.

    2. Click the Interfaces link in the main menu.

    3. Click the link in the Interface column for the ATM interface you want to configure.

    4. Click the on radio button in the Rate Shaping field.

    5. Click [ApplyBtn].

    6. Click the Rate Queue Configuration link.

    7. Click the yes radio button in the Create New Queue field.

    8. Click [ApplyBtn].

    9. Enter the name of the new queue in the Name (no space) field.

    10. Enter the amount of bandwidth you want to allocate to the new queue in the Bandwidth (Kbps) field.

    11. Select Variable for the Queue type field.


[Note] Variable rate queues are serviced only if there is nothing to send from the fixed rate table. Variable rate queues do not a have a maximum bandwidth allocated to them; they get all of the bandwidth not used by the fixed rate queues.


    12. Select high, med (medium), or low for the Priority field.

    13. Click [ApplyBtn].

    14. Click the no radio button in the Create New Queue field.

    15. Click [ApplyBtn].

    16. Click the Rate Rule Configuration link.

    17. Click the yes radio button in the Create New Rule field.

    18. Click [ApplyBtn].

    19. Enter the name of the new rule in the Name (no space) field.

    20. Enter the name of the rate queue tied to this rule in the Rate queue field.

    21. Enter the source IP address and mask length in the Source/MaskLen field.

    22. (Optional) Enter the source port IP address and mask length in the SPort/Mask field.

    23. (Optional) Enter the destination IP address and mask length in the Dest/MaskLen field.

    24. (Optional) Enter the destination port IP address and mask length in the DPort/Mask field.

    25. (Optional) Enter the protocol type, TCP or UDP, in the IPproto field.

    26. Click [ApplyBtn].

    27. Click [HomeBtn].


Caution: You can have only a QoS policy or rate shaping active at one time. If you have a QoS policy active, you will not be able to activate rate shaping and vice versa.



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Updated January 8, 1998
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