Command Line Interface Reference Guide > The Configuration Menu > /cfg/bwm Bandwidth Management Configuration
/cfg/bwm
Bandwidth Management Configuration
Bandwidth Management (BWM) enables Web site managers to allocate a portion of the available bandwidth for specific users or applications. It allows companies to guarantee that critical business traffic, such as e-commerce transactions, receive higher priority versus non-critical traffic. Traffic classification can be based on user or application information. BWM policies can be configured to set lower and upper bounds on the bandwidth allocation.
Note: BWM is a software key-enabled feature that requires you to purchase a license and a key. For more information on enabling BWM, see /oper/swkey Activating Software.
By default, BWM is turned off. For more information, refer to the Alteon Command Line Interface Application Guide.
 
[Bandwidth Management Menu]
cont - Contract Menu
policy - Policy Menu
group - Group Menu
report - Set IP address of Reporting server
entries - Set number of entries in the BWM IP user table
prfxentr - Set number of prefix entries in the BWM IP prefix table
force - Enable/disable enforce policies
alrmrate - Set max number of alarms per second in BWM
alrmsint - Set alarm update interval in seconds in BWM
on - Globally turn Bandwidth Management processing ON
off - Globally turn Bandwidth Management processing OFF
cur - Display current Bandwidth Management configuration
Note: Up to 1024 bandwidth management contracts can be configured.
 
Bandwidth Management Menu Options (/cfg/bwm) 
Command Syntax and Usage
cont <BW contract number (1-1024)>
 
Displays the Bandwidth Management Contract menu. To view this menu, see /cfg/bwm/cont <contract number> Bandwidth Management Contract Configuration.
To manage bandwidth, you must create one or more bandwidth management contracts. Alteon uses these contracts to limit individual traffic flows. For more details, refer to the Alteon Command Line Interface Application Guide.
Default: enable
policy <BW policy number (1-512)>
 
Displays the Bandwidth Management Policy menu. To view this menu, see /cfg/bwm/policy <policy number> Bandwidth Management Policy Configuration.
Bandwidth policies are bandwidth limitations defined for any set of frames, specifying the guaranteed bandwidth rates. A bandwidth policy is often based on a rate structure where a Web host could charge a customer for bandwidth utilization.
group <BW Group number (1-32)>
 
Displays the Bandwidth Management Group menu. To view this menu, see /cfg/bwm/group Bandwidth Management Group Configuration Menu.
report <IP4 address>
 
Sets the IP address of the reporting server.
report <server IP address (v4 or v6)>
 
Sets the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the reporting server.
entries <1k|64k|128k|256k>
 
Sets the number of entries in the Bandwidth Management IP user table.
Default: 1k
prfxentr <1k|16k|64k|128k|256k>
 
Sets the number of entries in the Bandwidth Management IP prefix table.
Default: 1k
force disable|enable
 
Enables or disables the enforcement of bandwidth policy on the traffic.
When disabled, the reordering of the packets does not occur. The packets exit in the order they come in. This means that no bandwidth limit is applied on the queues.
Default: enable
alrmrate <0-1000>
 
Sets the maximum number of bandwidth management alarms per second.
Default: 100
alrmsint <5-100>
 
Sets the bandwidth management alarm update interval in seconds.
Default: 15
on
 
Globally enables Bandwidth Management.
off
 
Globally disables Bandwidth Management.
cur
 
Displays the current Bandwidth Management configuration.