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GSS Series User Manual

3.7.2 Policer

The Policer function is used to determine what happens to ingress packets that match the

configured Flow ID. The Flow ID is based on particular Queue levels 0 - 3.

Fig. 3.24

Port: Is the physical port number of the switch.

Policer: Is the Queue value.

Rate (%): This is the percentage rate of the port. If the port is receiving data at the

configured percentage rate of the set limit, then the appropriate action will

be applied.

Burst Limit

(bytes): Enter the required burst rate. The burst rate limits how many packets are

allowed in the ports memory buffer.

Action: The action function determines what happens to the packets that match

the policy rules, four options are available; PASS – will pass packets

through the switch. DISCARD – will discard packets that match this rule.

DISCARD–CONGESTED – will discard packets if the buffer is congested.

DEMOTE – will demote packets to a configured value based on the mark

settings.

Apply Button: The Apply button must be pressed after making any changes to any of

the values on this screen.