1. Click on the home page.
2. Click the Interfaces link in the main menu.
3. Click the link in the Interface column for the ATM interface you want to configure.
Hardware Rate Shaping applies only to ATM interfaces and IP Switch Processors equipped with ATM cards.
4. Click the on radio button in the Rate Shaping field.
5. Click .
6. Click the Rate Queue Configuration link.
7. Click the yes radio button in the Create New Queue field.
8. Click .
9. Enter the name of the new queue in the Name (no space) field.
Only alphanumeric characters are allowed.
10. Enter the amount of bandwidth you want to allocate to the new queue in the Bandwidth (Kbps) field.
11. Select Fixed for the Queue type field.
Fixed rate queues are guaranteed the bandwidth allocated to them. They cannot exceed this bandwidth.
12. Click .
A message displays stating the remaining bandwidth for fixed rate queues on the interface. The Existing rate queues section shows the name, active status, bandwidth, and queue type for the new queue.
13. Click the no radio button in the Create New Queue field.
14. Click .
This removes the configuration input fields to save screen space.
15. Click the Rate Rule Configuration link.
16. Click the yes radio button in the Create New Rule field.
17. Click .
18. Enter the name of the new rule in the Name (no space) field.
Only alphanumeric characters are allowed.
19. Enter the name of the rate queue tied to this rule in the Rate queue field.
20. Enter the source IP address and mask length in the Source/MaskLen field.
21. (Optional) Enter the source port IP address and mask length in the SPort/Mask field.
22. (Optional) Enter the destination IP address and mask length in the Dest/MaskLen field.
23. (Optional) Enter the destination port IP address and mask length in the DPort/Mask field.
24. (Optional) Enter the protocol type, TCP or UDP, in the IPproto field.
25. Click .
The Existing rules section shows the name, active status, queue name, bandwidth, source IP/mask, source port IP/mask, destination IP/mask, destination port IP/mask, IP protocol, and priority order for the new rule.
26. Click .
If you want to make the changes permanent, click on the configuration
page.
Caution: You can have only a QoS policy or hardware rate shaping
active at one time. If you have a QoS policy active, you will
not be able to activate rate shaping and vice versa.