Chapter 18: Quality of Service (QoS) (CLI)
Configuring Policers (Rate Metering) (CLI)
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Table 162 Assigning Rate Meter per Ethertype CLI Parameters
Parameter
Input Type
Permitted Values
Description
ethertype#
Variable
ethertype1
ethertype2
ethertype3 I
Identifies which of three possible
policer-per-Ethertype combinations
you are defining.
ethertype-
value
Hexadecima
l
1-65535
Identifies the Ethertype to which the
profile applies.
admin-state Variable
enable
disable
Enables or disables policing on
broadcast traffic flows from the
logical interface.
profile-id
Number
1 – 250
Select from the policer profiles
defined in the system. For
instructions on defining rate meter
(policer) profiles, refer to
Configuring Rate Meter (Policer)
Profiles (CLI)
Examples
The following commands assign Rate Meter Profiles 1, 2, and 3 to Ethertypes 0x8000, 0x8100, and
0x9100, respectively, on GbE 1, and enable rate metering on the port.
eth type eth [1/1]>rate-meter ethertype1 add capability ethertype-value
0x8000 admin-state enable profile-id 1
eth type eth [1/1]>rate-meter ethertype2 add capability ethertype-value
0x8100 admin-state enable profile-id 2
eth type eth [1/1]>rate-meter ethertype3 add capability ethertype-value
0x9100 admin-state enable profile-id 3
The following commands change the rate meter (policer) profiles assigned in the examples above
to 4, 5, and 6, respectively.
eth type eth [1/1]>rate-meter ethertype1 edit ethertype-value 0x8000
admin-state enable profile-id 4
eth type eth [1/1]>rate-meter ethertype2 edit ethertype-value 0x8100
admin-state enable profile-id 5
eth type eth [1/1]>rate-meter ethertype3 edit ethertype-value 0x9100
admin-state enable profile-id 6