3Com 4210G Series - 10 Class-Based Accounting Configuration; Class-Based Accounting Overview; Configuring Class-Based Accounting

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10 Class-Based Accounting Configuration
When configuring class-based accounting, go to these sections for information you are interested in:
z Class-Based Accounting Overview
z Configuring Class-Based Accounting
z Displaying and Maintaining Traffic Accounting
z Class-Based Accounting Configuration Example
Class-Based Accounting Overview
Class-based accounting collects statistics on a per-traffic class basis. For example, you can define the
action to collect statistics for traffic sourced from a certain IP address. By analyzing the statistics, you
can determine whether there are anomalies and what action to take.
Configuring Class-Based Accounting
Follow these steps to configure class-based accounting:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Create a class and enter
class view
traffic classifier tcl-name [ operator
{ and | or } ]
—
Configure the match criteria if-match match-criteria —
Exit class view quit —
Create a behavior and enter
behavior view
traffic behavior behavior-name Required
Configure the accounting
action
accounting
Optional
The class-based accounting
function on Switch 4210G
series counts traffic in the
number of packets.
Exit behavior view quit —
Create a policy and enter
policy view
qos policy policy-name —
Associate the class with the
traffic behavior in the QoS
policy
classifier tcl-name behavior
behavior-name
—
Exit policy view quit —
To an interface
Applying the QoS policy to an
interface
—
To a VLAN Applying the QoS policy to a VLAN —
Apply the
QoS
policy
Globally
Applying the QoS policy globally —