Rate-Limit - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Reference Manual

rate-limit

rate-limit
To configure the source rate limit for Ethernet Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) packets in the specified
SPAN session, use the rate-limit command. To remove the rate limit configuration, use the no form of
this command.
Syntax Description
auto
1-100
Defaults Disabled
Command Modes Monitor configuration (config-monitor)
Supported User Roles
network-admin
vdc-admin
Command History Release
5.2(1)
Usage Guidelines
Make sure that you are in the correct virtual device context (VDC). To change the VDC, use the switchto
vdc command.
MTU truncation and the SPAN rate limit cannot be enabled for the same SPAN session. If you configure
both for one session, only the rate limit is allowed on F1 Series modules, and MTU truncation is disabled
until you disable the rate limit configuration.
SPAN rate limit is supported only on F1 Series modules and F2 Series modules.
Note
This command does not require a license
Examples
This example shows how to configure the rate limit for SPAN packets in the specified SPAN session:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# monitor session 3
switch(config-monitor)# rate-limit 30
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rate-limit {auto | 1-100}
no rate-limit
Automatically calculates the rate limit on a per gigabyte basis as follows:
destination bandwidth/aggregate source bandwidth.
Specifies the percentage of the maximum rate of SPAN packets that can be
sent out from each forwarding engine on a line card. The range is from 1 to
100.
Modification
This command was introduced.
R Commands
OL-25806-03