1. Click on the home page.
2. Click the Rule configuration link in the Rate Shaping and Filtering section.
You can also get to this page by clicking the Rule Configuration link on the Rate Shaping Queues page.
3. Enter the name for the rule in the New Rule Name edit box.
Only alphanumeric characters (no spaces) are allowed.
4. Select shape from the Type menu.
5. (Required) Select the queue name from the Queue menu.
If you select None and click , an error message displays and the rule is not
created.
6. Click .
The new rule name displays as a link in the Existing rules section.
7. Click the rule name link.
This takes you to the Rule configuration page.
8. (Optional) Enter the source IP address and mask length in the Src/Mask field.
9. (Optional) Enter the source port IP address and mask length in the SPort/Mask field.
10. (Optional) Enter the destination IP address and mask length in the Dest/MaskLen field.
11. (Optional) Enter the destination port IP address and mask length in the DPort/Mask field.
12. (Optional) Enter the protocol type, TCP, UDP, ICMP, or a numeric IP protocol value in the IPproto field.
13. Select an Ethernet or FDDI interface, or any, from the Interface menu.
Software rate shaping applies only to Ethernet and FDDI interfaces.
14. Select either the yes or no radio button in the Inbound field to apply this rule to inbound traffic.
If you select yes for the Inbound field, the Outbound field should be set to no.
15. Select either the yes or no radio button in the Outbound field to apply this rule to outbound traffic.
If you select yes for the Outbound field, the Inbound field should be set to no.
16. Click .
The Existing rules section shows the name, active status, queue name, source IP/mask, destination IP/mask, destination port IP/mask, queue name, filter type, and priority order for the new rule.
17. Click .
If you want to make the changes permanent, click at the bottom of the
configuration page.