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Configuring 1-Rate and 2-Rate, 2-Color and 3-Color Policing
Argument
be
conform
exceed
violate
Although all the arguments in the above Arguments to the police Command table are optional, you must
specify a value for cir. In this section, cir indicates its value but not necessarily the keyword itself. The
combination of these arguments and the resulting policer types and actions are shown in the following Policer
Types and Actions from Police Arguments Present table.
Table 33: Policer Types and Actions from Police Arguments Present
Police Arguments Present
cir, but not pir, be, or violate
cir and pir
The policer actions that you can specify are described in the following Policer Actions for Exceed or Violate
table and the following Policer Actions for Conform table.
Table 34: Policer Actions for Exceed or Violate
Action
drop
set-cos-transmit
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Description
Indication of how much the pir can be exceeded,
either as a bit rate or an amount of time at pir. When
the bc value is not specified, the default is 200
milliseconds of traffic at the configured rate. The
default data rate units are bytes.
Note
Single action to take if the traffic data rate is within
bounds. The basic actions are transmit or one of the
set commands listed in the following Policer Actions
for Conform table. The default is transmit.
Single action to take if the traffic data rate is
exceeded. The basic actions are drop or markdown.
The default is drop.
Single action to take if the traffic data rate violates
the configured rate values. The basic actions are drop
or markdown. The default is drop.
Policer Type
1-rate, 2-color
2-rate, 3-color
Description
Drops the packet. This action is available only when
the packet exceeds or violates the parameters.
Sets CoS and transmits the packet.
Configuring Policing
You must specify a value for pir before the
device displays this argument.
Policer Action
<= cir, conform; else violate
<= cir, conform; <= pir, exceed; else violate