Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions OmniStack 6300-24 User Manual

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Policy Table

- Policy Name — Name of policy map.
- Class Name — Name of class map.
- Action — Classification of IP traffic by CoS, DSCP, or IP Precedence.
- Meter — Defines the maximum throughput, burst rate, and the action that results

from a policy violation.

-Rate (bps) — Rate in kilobits per second.
-Burst (byte) — Burst in bytes.

- Exceed Action — Specifies whether the traffic that exceeds the specified rate

will be dropped or the DSCP service level will be reduced.

- Remove Class — Deletes a class.

Policy Options

- Class Name — Name of class map. (Range: 1-32 characters)
- Action — Classifies IP traffic by setting a CoS, DSCP, or IP Precedence in a

packet. (Range - Class of Service (CoS) value: 0-7, Differentiated Service Code
Point (DSCP) value: 0-63, IP Precedence value: 0-7)

- Meter — Check this to define the maximum throughput, burst rate, and the

action that results from a policy violation.

-Rate (bps) — Rate in kilobits per second. (Range: 1-100000 Kbps or

maximum port speed, whichever is lower)

-Burst (byte) — Burst in bytes. (Range: 64-1522)

- Exceed — Specifies whether the traffic that exceeds the specified rate will be

dropped or the DSCP service level will be reduced.

-Set — This defines an enforcer to decrease the DSCP handling priority. (See

police command 4-215).

-Drop — This drops traffic that exceeds the specified limit.

- Add — Adds the specified criteria to the policy map.
- Remove Policy — Deletes a specified policy.

Command Usage

• You must set the ingress rate before you may set the egress rate.
• When creating Policy Maps do not use the character ‘&’ in the name.
• You must create a Class Map before creating a Policy Map.

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