Chapter 51 Bandwidth Control
XGS2220 Series User’s Guide
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Bandwidth Control
51.1 Bandwidth Control Overview
This chapter shows you how you can cap the maximum bandwidth using the
Bandwidth Control
screen.
Bandwidth control means defining a maximum allowable bandwidth for incoming and/or out-going
traffic flows on a port.
51.1.1 What You Can Do
Use the
Bandwidth Control
screen (
) to limit the bandwidth for traffic going
through the Switch.
51.1.2 CIR and PIR
The Committed Information Rate (CIR) is the guaranteed bandwidth for the incoming traffic flow on a
port. The Peak Information Rate (PIR) is the maximum bandwidth allowed for the incoming traffic flow on
a port when there is no network congestion.
The CIR and PIR should be set for all ports that use the same uplink bandwidth. If the CIR is reached,
packets are sent at the rate up to the PIR. When network congestion occurs, packets through the
ingress port exceeding the CIR will be marked for drop.
51.2 Bandwidth Control Setup
Click
SWITCHING
>
QoS
>
Bandwidth Control
in the navigation panel to bring up the screen as shown
next.
Note: The CIR should be less than the PIR.
Note: The sum of CIRs cannot be greater than or equal to the uplink bandwidth.
