Command Line Reference Guide

Quality of Service (QoS) | 811
Usage
Information
C-Series and S-Series
On one interface, you can configure the rate police command for a VLAN or you can configure the rate
police command for an interface. For each physical interface, you can configure three rate police
commands specifying different VLANS.
E-Series
On one interface, you can configure the rate limit or rate police command for a VLAN or you can
configure the rate limit or the rate police command for the interface.
For each physical interface, you can configure six rate police commands specifying different VLANS.
After configuring VLANs in the rate police command, if this error message appears:
%Error: Specified VLANs overlap with existing config.
Check to see if the same VLANs are used with the rate limit command on other interfaces. To clear
the problem, remove the rate limit configuration(s), and re-configure the rate police command. After
the rate police command is configured, return to the other interfaces and re-apply the rate limit
configuration.
Related
Commands
rate shape
c e s
Shape the traffic output on the selected interface.
Syntax
rate shape [kbps] rate [burst-KB]
Parameters
Defaults
Granularity for rate is Mbps unless the kbps option is used.
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Note: Per Port rate limit and rate police is supported for Layer 2 tagged and untagged
switched traffic and for Layer 3 traffic. Per VLAN rate limit and rate police is supported on
only tagged ports with Layer 2 switched traffic.
rate-police Police traffic output as part of the designated policy.
kbps
Enter this keyword to specify the rate limit in Kilobits per second (Kbps). On
C-Series and S-Series make the following value a multiple of 64. The default
granularity is Megabits per second (Mbps).
Range: 0-10000000
rate
Enter the outgoing rate in multiples of 10 Mbps.
Range: 0 to 10000
burst-KB
(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the burst size in KB.
Range: 0 to 10000
Default: 10
Version 8.3.5.0 Introduced on S55
Version 8.2.1.0
Added
kbps option on C-Series, E-Series, and Series.