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4.3.3 Rate Control
The Rate Control feature allows user to limit the each port’s data rate; the
limitation mechanism is based on specified packet type. With the Ingress /
Egress rate control feature, the network performance can be improved.
Rate Control is a form of flow control used to enforce a strict bandwidth limit
at a port. You can program separate transmit (Egress Rule) and receive
(Ingress Rule) rate limits at each port, and even apply the limit to certain
packet types as described below.
Packet type
: You can select the packet type that you want to filter. The
packet types of the Ingress Rule listed here include
Broadcast Only
/
Broadcast and multicast
/
Broadcast, Multicast and Unknown Unicast
or
All
. The packet types of the Egress Rule (outgoing) only support
all
packet types.
Rate
: This column allows you to manually assign the limit rate of the port.
Valid values are from 1Mbps-100Mbps for fast Ethernet ports. The step of
the rate is 1 Mbps. Default value of Ingress Rule is “8” Mbps; default value
of Egress Rule is 0 Mbps. 0 stands for disabling the rate control for the port.
Click on
Apply
to apply the configuration.
