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Table Of Contents

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About This Guide
- Using This Guide
- Structure of This Guide
- Related Documents
- Document Conventions
- Typographical and Keystroke Conventions
Introduction
- 1.1 Overview
  - 1.1.1 The Management Agent
  - 1.1.2 In-Band vs. Out-of-Band
- 1.2 Navigating Local Management Screens
- 1.3 Local Management Requirements
- 1.4 Local Management Screen Elements
- 1.5 Local Management Keyboard Conventions
- 1.6 Getting Help
Local Management Requirements
- 2.1 Management Terminal Setup
  - 2.1.1 Console Cable Connection
  - 2.1.2 Management Terminal Setup Parameters
- 2.2 Telnet Connections
- 2.3 Monitoring an Uninterruptible Power Supply
Accessing Local Management
- 3.1 Navigating Local Management Screens
- 3.2 Password Screen
- 3.3 Main Menu Screen
- 3.4 Module Selection Screen
  - 3.4.1 Selecting a Module
- 3.5 Module Menu Screen
- 3.6 Overview of Security Methods
- 3.7 Security Menu Screen
- 3.8 Passwords Screen
  - 3.8.1 Setting the Module Login Password
- 3.9 Radius Configuration Screen
  - 3.9.1 Setting the Last Resort Authentication
  - 3.9.2 Setting the Local and Remote Servers
- 3.10 Name Services Configuration Screen
- 3.11 System Authentication Configuration Screen
- 3.12 EAP (Port) Configuration Screen
- 3.13 EAP Statistics Menu Screen
- 3.14 MAC Port Configuration Screen
- 3.15 MAC Supplicant Configuration Screen
Chassis Menu Screens
- 4.1 Chassis Menu Screen
- 4.2 Chassis Configuration Screen
- 4.3 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen
- 4.4 SNMP Community Names Configuration Screen
  - 4.4.1 Establishing Community Names
- 4.5 SNMP Traps Configuration Screen
  - 4.5.1 Configuring the Trap Table
- 4.6 Chassis Environmental Information Screen
- 4.7 Redirect Configuration Menu Screen (Chassis)
- 4.8 Port Redirect Configuration Screen
  - 4.8.1 Changing Source and Destination Ports
- 4.9 VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen
  - 4.9.1 Changing Source VLAN and Destination Ports
Module Configuration Menu Screens
- 5.1 Module Configuration Menu Screen
- 5.2 General Configuration Screen
- 5.3 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen
- 5.4 SNMP Community Names Configuration Screen
  - 5.4.1 Establishing Community Names
- 5.5 SNMP Traps Configuration Screen
  - 5.5.1 Configuring the Trap Table
- 5.6 Access Control List Screen
  - 5.6.1 Entering IP Addresses
  - 5.6.2 Enable/Disable ACL
- 5.7 System Resources Information Screen
  - 5.7.1 Setting the Reset Peak Switch Utilization
- 5.8 FLASH Download Configuration Screen
Port Configuration Menu Screens
- 6.1 Port Configuration Menu Screen
- 6.2 Ethernet Interface Configuration Screen
- 6.3 Ethernet Port Configuration Screen
  - 6.3.1 Selecting Field Settings
  - 6.3.2 Setting the Advertised Ability
- 6.4 HSIM/VHSIM Configuration Screen
- 6.5 Redirect Configuration Menu Screen
- 6.6 Port Redirect Configuration Screen
  - 6.6.1 Changing Source and Destination Ports
- 6.7 VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen
  - 6.7.1 Changing Source VLAN and Destination Ports
- 6.8 Link Aggregation Screen (802.3ad Main Menu Screen)
- 6.9 Broadcast Suppression Configuration Screen
  - 6.9.1 Setting the Threshold
  - 6.9.2 Setting the Reset Peak
802.1 Configuration Menu Screens
- 7.1 802.1 Configuration Menu Screen
- 7.2 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Screen
- 7.3 Spanning Tree Configuration Screen
  - 7.3.1 Configuring a VLAN Spanning Tree
- 7.4 Spanning Tree Port Configuration Screen
  - 7.4.1 Enabling/Disabling the Default Spanning Tree Ports
  - 7.4.2 Viewing Status of Spanning Tree Ports
- 7.5 PVST Port Configuration Screen
802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screens
- 8.1 Summary of VLAN Local Management
  - 8.1.1 Preparing for VLAN Configuration
- 8.2 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screen
- 8.3 Static VLAN Configuration Screen
- 8.4 Static VLAN Egress Configuration Screen
  - 8.4.1 Setting Egress Types on Ports
  - 8.4.2 Displaying the Next Group of Ports
- 8.5 Current VLAN Configuration Screen
- 8.6 Current VLAN Egress Configuration Screen
- 8.7 VLAN Port Configuration Screen
  - 8.7.1 Changing the Port Mode
  - 8.7.2 Configuring the VLAN Ports
- 8.8 VLAN Classification Configuration Screen
- 8.9 Protocol Port Configuration Screen
  - 8.9.1 Assigning Ports to a VID/Classification
802.1p Configuration Menu Screens
- 9.1 802.1p Configuration Menu Screen
- 9.2 Port Priority Configuration Screen
  - 9.2.1 Setting Switch Port Priority Port-by-Port
  - 9.2.2 Setting Switch Port Priority on All Ports
- 9.3 Traffic Class Information Screen
- 9.4 Traffic Class Configuration Screen
  - 9.4.1 Assigning the Traffic Class to Port Priority
- 9.5 Transmit Queues Configuration Screen
  - 9.5.1 Setting the Current Queueing Mode
- 9.6 Priority Classification Configuration Screen
- 9.7 Protocol Port Configuration Screen
  - 9.7.1 Assigning Ports to a PID/Classification
  - 9.7.2 Example, Prioritizing Traffic According to Classification Rule
    - 9.7.2.1 Solving the Problem
- 9.8 Rate Limiting Configuration Screen
Layer 3 Extensions Menu Screens
- 10.1 Layer 3 Extensions Menu Screen
- 10.2 IGMP/VLAN Configuration Screen
  - 10.2.1 IGMP/VLAN Configuration Procedure
Module Statistics Menu Screens
- 11.1 Module Statistics Menu Screen
- 11.2 Switch Statistics Screen
- 11.3 Interface Statistics Screen
  - 11.3.1 Displaying Interface Statistics
- 11.4 RMON Statistics Screen
  - 11.4.1 Displaying RMON Statistics
- 11.5 Chassis Environmental Statistics Configuration Screen
Network Tools Screens
- 12.1 Network Tools
- 12.2 Built-in Commands
- 12.3 Example, Effects of Aging Time on Dynamic Egress
- 12.4 Example, Using Dynamic Egress to Control Traffic
- 12.5 Special Commands
VLAN Operation and Network Applications
- 13.1 Defining VLANs
- 13.2 Types of VLANs
  - 13.2.1 802.1Q VLANs
  - 13.2.2 Other VLAN Strategies
- 13.3 Benefits and Restrictions
- 13.4 VLAN Terms
- 13.5 VLAN Operation
  - 13.5.1 Description
  - 13.5.2 VLAN Components
- 13.6 Configuration Process
- 13.7 VLAN Switch Operation
  - 13.7.1 Receiving Frames from VLAN Ports
  - 13.7.2 Forwarding Decisions
    - 13.7.2.1 Broadcasts, Multicasts, and Unknown Unicasts
    - 13.7.2.2 Known Unicasts
- 13.8 VLAN Configuration
- 13.9 Summary of VLAN Local Management
  - 13.9.1 Preparing for VLAN Configuration
- 13.10 Quick VLAN Walkthrough
- 13.11 Examples
- 13.12 Example 1, Single Switch Operation
  - 13.12.1 Solving the Problem
  - 13.12.2 Frame Handling
- 13.13 Example 2, VLANs Across Multiple Switches
  - 13.13.1 Solving the Problem
  - 13.13.2 Frame Handling
- 13.14 Example 3, Filtering Traffic According to a Layer 4 Classification Rule
  - 13.14.1 Solving the Problem
- 13.15 Example 4, Securing Sensitive Information According to Subnet
  - 13.15.1 Solving the Problem
- 13.16 Example 5, Using Dynamic Egress to Control Traffic
- 13.17 Example 6, Locking a MAC Address to a Port Using Classification Rules
  - 13.17.1 Solving the Problem
Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)
- A.1 Operation
- A.2 How It Works
About IGMP
- B.1 IGMP Overview
- B.2 Supported Features and Functions
- B.3 Detecting Multicast Routers
Index
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Rate Limiting Configuration Screen

9-44 802.1p Configuration Menu Screens

9.8.3 More About Rate Limiting

Rate Limiting enables Service Providers in Multi-Dwelling-Unit (MDU) and similar environments

to offer varied bandwidth to customers using low cost Ethernet connections. Another solution for

the enterprise, is to provide high priority bandwidth on the network for guaranteed service level

agreements.

In Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) or similar environments, the Rate Limiting feature can be activated

per port to adjust the usable bandwidth on a 10 Mbps Ethernet or other type of physical

connection. In residential housing, the service provider may offer multiple internet service

packages, each offering different bandwidth at a different price. These offerings can be supported

using low cost 10 Mbps Ethernet ports wired to each dwelling.

In the enterprise network, this feature (combined with Layer 3/4 prioritization) can provide

guaranteed delivery of high priority traffic through a congested network fabric. This is

accomplished through the construction of a committed information rate (CIR) fabric within the

traditional best effort enterprise LAN fabric.

Example

This is a simple example intended to show how the Rate Limiting feature can be applied to solve a

problem.

Assume that a network was built using a 6C105 chassis in each closet and interconnected with

Enterasys Networks switch routers using Gigabit Ethernet links. Also, assume that 100 users are

attached to each 6C105 chassis through 100 Mbps Ethernet ports. If each user attempted to transfer

data out of the wiring closet at the maximum possible rate, there could be up to 10 Gbps (100 users

x 100 Mbps) of traffic attempting to leave the chassis over a single gigabit link. In this situation,

much of the traffic will be arbitrarily dropped.

Now assume that the system administrator wants to guarantee the delivery of SAP R/3 traffic by

prioritizing it above all other incoming traffic to the chassis. (Unless the inbound rate of the SAP

traffic can be controlled, the guarantee still cannot be made because of the potential for

oversubscription of the inbound gigabit link by high priority traffic.)

NOTE: When allocating the maximum rate per port, the maximum bandwidth of the

uplink must be kept in mind. For example, if the ports are all set to 10 Mbps and there

are 24 ports, this equals 240 Mbps of bandwidth. If the uplink is only 100 Mbps, there is

an obvious problem if the network administrator guaranteed more bandwidth than the

uplink can support.