Reference Guide

Usage
Information
NOTE: Per Port rate police is supported for Layer 2 tagged and untagged
switched traffic and for Layer 3 traffic. Per VLAN rate police is supported on
only tagged ports with Layer 2 switched traffic.
S-Series
rate shape
Shape the traffic output on the selected interface.
Syntax
rate shape [kbps] rate [burst-KB]
Parameters
kbps Enter the keyword kbps to specify the rate limit in Kilobits
per second (Kbps).
On S-Series, make the value a multiple of
64. The range is from 0 to 40000000. The default granularity
is Megabits per second (Mbps).
rate The range is from 10 to 40000.
burst-KB (OPTIONAL) Enter the burst size in KB. The range is from 0 to
10000. The default is 50.
Defaults Granularity for rate is Mbps unless you use the kbps option.
Command
Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Usage
Information
On 40-port 10G stack-unit if the traffic is shaped between 64 and 1000 Kbs, for
some values, the shaped rate is much less than the value configured.
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Quality of Service (QoS)