Command Line Interface Reference Guide > The Configuration Menu > /cfg/bwm/policy <policy number> Bandwidth Management Policy Configuration
/cfg/bwm/policy <policy number>
Bandwidth Management Policy Configuration
 
[Policy 1 Menu]
type - Set the policy type (throughput | pps)
hard - Set hard Limit
soft - Set soft Limit
resv - Set Reservation Limit
userlim - Set per user (IP address) Limit
maxpps - Set PPS Limit per policy
ppsuser - Set PPS Limit per user (IP address/Prefix)
utos - Set underlimit (soft limit) TOS
otos - Set overlimit (soft limit) TOS
buffer - Set Buffer Limit
del - Delete BW Policy
cur - Display current Policy configuration
 
Bandwidth Management Policy Menu Options (/cfg/bwm/policy) 
Command Syntax and Usage
type <throughput|pps>
 
Sets the bandwidth management policy type.
The pps option enhances security capabilities by providing packet rate limiting. This can stop DoS attacks for packet-based protocols such as SIP.
Default: throughput
hard <0k-5000k|1m-1000m>
 
Sets the hard bandwidth limit for this policy. This is the highest amount of bandwidth available to this policy.
Default: 2000 kbps
soft <0k-5000k|1m-1000m>
 
Sets the soft bandwidth limit for this policy.
Default: 1000 kbps
resv <0k-5000k|1m-1000m>
 
Sets the reserve limit for this policy. This is the amount of bandwidth always available to this policy.
Default: 500 kbps
userlim <0k-5000k|1m-1000m>
 
Sets the bandwidth limit for each IP address in the contract traffic.
maxpps
 
Sets the packet rate limit, in packets per second, for this policy.
Alteon generates an alert whenever this threshold is crossed and drops any traffic that exceeds the limit.
Values: 10 – 1,000,000
ppsuser
 
Sets the packet rate limit, in packets per second, for all users associated with this policy.
Alteon generates an alert whenever this threshold is crossed.
Values: 10 – 1,000,000
utos <BW Policy TOS (0-255)>
 
Sets the new utos (underlimit TOS) value to overwrite the original TOS value if the traffic for this contract is under the soft limit.
Default: 0 (Alteon does not overwrite the TOS value)
otos <BW Policy TOS (0-255)>
 
Sets the new otos (over the limit TOS) value to overwrite the original TOS value if the traffic for this contract is over the soft limit.
Default: 0 (Alteon does not overwrite the TPS value)
buffer <Maximum buffer space (bytes) (8192-128000)>
 
Sets the buffer limit for this policy.
Default: 8192 bytes
del
 
Deletes the Bandwidth Management policy.
cur
 
Displays the current value of the Bandwidth Management policy configuration.