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Configuring Hardware Rate Shaping Using Fixed Queues

    1. Click [ConfigBtn] 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.

    4. Click the on radio button in the Rate Shaping field.

    5. Click [ApplyBtn].

    6. Click the Rate Queue Configuration link.

    7. Click the yes radio button in the Create New Queue field.

    8. Click [ApplyBtn].

    9. Enter the name of the new queue in the Name (no space) field.

    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.


[Note] Fixed rate queues are guaranteed the bandwidth allocated to them. They cannot exceed this bandwidth.


    12. Click [ApplyBtn].

    13. Click the no radio button in the Create New Queue field.

    14. Click [ApplyBtn].

    15. Click the Rate Rule Configuration link.

    16. Click the yes radio button in the Create New Rule field.

    17. Click [ApplyBtn].

    18. Enter the name of the new rule in the Name (no space) field.

    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 [ApplyBtn].

    26. Click [HomeBtn].


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.



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