5: Monitoring & Filtering
Excess Burst Size
Specify the maximum burst size for traffic declared yellow by the traffic regulator.
Range: 2 to 62 kBytes
NOTE: Burst size must be greater than the port MTU.
Color mode
Specifies how the initial color of traffic should be attributed.
• color-aware: Traffic enters the traffic regulator with the color set by a policy.
• color-blind: All incoming traffic enters the traffic regulator initially green.
Coupling Flag
Modifies the way in which the regulator processes yellow traffic.
• False: Yellow data is limited by the setting of the Excess Information Rate.
• True: Yellow data is limited by the setting of the Committed Information Rate plus the Excess Information Rate.
Assigning a regulator to a policy
Once a regulator has been configured you can assign it to a policy. See Traffic policies and monitoring on page 104.