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Status — If you enable the policy exception for either Ingress Traffic Shaping or Egress Traffic
Shaping in the Status field, you are setting limits on the amount of networking bandwidth allocated for
each distributed port associated with the selected port groups. If you disable the policy, the amount of
network bandwidth is not limited before it reaches the physical network .
8 (Optional) Specify network traffic parameters.
Option Description
Average Bandwidth
Establishes the number of bits per second to allow across a port, averaged
over time—the allowed average load.
Peak Bandwidth
The maximum number of bits per second to allow across a port when it is
sending/receiving a burst of traffic. This tops the bandwidth used by a port
whenever it is using its burst bonus.
Burst Size
The maximum number of bytes to allow in a burst. If this parameter is set,
a port may gain a burst bonus when it doesn’t use all its allocated
bandwidth. Whenever the port needs more bandwidth than specified by
Average Bandwidth, it may be allowed to temporarily transmit data at a
higher speed if a burst bonus is available. This parameter tops the number
of bytes that may be accumulated in the burst bonus and thus transferred
at a higher speed.
9 (Optional) Select the VLAN Type to use.
Option Description
None
Do not use VLAN.
VLAN
In the VLAN ID field, enter a number between 1 and 4094.
VLAN Trunking
Enter a VLAN trunk range.
Private VLAN
Select an available private VLAN to use.
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