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December 2005
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Chapter 15
Traffic Policies
X-Series devices use
traffic policies
to:
•
Rate limit inbound traffic
•
Count the packets and bytes per packet to which ACL permit or deny clauses are applied
This chapter describes how traffic policies are implemented and configured in the FESX, FSX, and FWSX
devices. This chapter contains the topics listed in Table 15.1.
About Traffic Policies
Traffic policies consist of policy names and policy definitions.
•
Traffic policy name
– This is a string of up to 8 alphanumeric characters that identifies individual traffic policy
definitions.
•
Traffic policy definition
(
TPD
) – This is the command filter associated with a traffic policy name. A TPD can
define any one of the following:
•
Rate limiting policy
•
ACL counting policy
•
Combined rate limiting and ACL counting policy
The maximum number of supported active TPDs is a system-wide parameter and depends on the device you
Table 15.1: Chapter Contents
Description
See Page
Overview of traffic policies
15-1
Configuration notes and feature limitations
15-2
Viewing and configuring the maximum number of traffic
policies supported on a device
15-3
Using traffic policies to rate limit traffic
15-3
Using traffic policies for ACL and rate limit counting
15-7
Viewing traffic policies
15-10
Summary of Contents for FastIron Edge Switch X424
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