VPLS Service Configuration Commands
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Syntax rate pir-rate [cir cir-rate]
no rate
Context config>service>vpls>sap>egress>queue-override>queue
config>service>vpls>sap>ingress>queue-override>queue
Description This command can be used to override specific attributes of the specified queue’s Peak Information 
Rate (PIR) and the Committed Information Rate (CIR) parameters.
The PIR defines the maximum rate that the queue can transmit packets out an egress interface (for 
SAP egress queues). Defining a PIR does not necessarily guarantee that the queue can transmit at the 
intended rate. The actual rate sustained by the queue can be limited by oversubscription factors or 
available egress bandwidth. 
The CIR defines the rate at which the system prioritizes the queue over other queues competing for 
the same bandwidth. In-profile packets are preferentially queued by the system at egress and at subse-
quent next hop nodes where the packet can traverse. To be properly handled as in- or out-of-profile 
throughout the network, the packets must be marked accordingly for profiling at each hop.
The CIR can be used by the queue’s parent commands cir-level and cir-weight parameters to define 
the amount of bandwidth considered to be committed for the child queue during bandwidth allocation 
by the parent scheduler.
The rate command can be executed at any time, altering the PIR and CIR rates for all queues created 
through the association of the SAP egress QoS policy with the queue-id.
The no form of the command returns all queues created with the queue-id by association with the QoS 
policy to the default PIR and CIR parameters (max, 0).
Default rate max cir 0 — The max default specifies the amount of bandwidth in kilobits per second 
(thousand bits per second). The max value is mutually exclusive to the pir-rate value. 
Parameters pir-rate — Defines the administrative PIR rate, in kilobits, for the queue. When the rate command is 
executed, a valid PIR setting must be explicitly defined. When the rate command has not been 
executed, the default PIR of max is assumed. 
Fractional values are not allowed and must be given as a positive integer.
The actual PIR rate is dependent on the queue’s adaptation-rule parameters and the actual 
hardware where the queue is provisioned. 
Values 1 — 100000000
Default max
cir cir-rate — The cir parameter overrides the default administrative CIR used by the queue. When 
the rate command is executed, a CIR setting is optional. When the rate command has not been 
executed or the cir parameter is not explicitly specified, the default CIR (0) is assumed.
Fractional values are not allowed and must be given as a positive integer. The sum keyword 
specifies that the CIR be used as the summed CIR values of the children schedulers or queues. 
Values 0 — 100000000, max, sum
Default 0