CAR 101
CAR can be enabled per interface to limit the incoming and outgoing traffic. CAR can perform classification, marking and policing.
R(config-if)# rate-limit {input|output} [FILTER] CIR BC BE conform-action ACTION exceed-action ACTION
! available ACTIONs:
continue scan other rate limits
drop drop packet
set-dscp-continue set dscp, scan other rate limits
set-dscp-transmit set dscp and send it
set-mpls-exp-imposition-continue set exp during imposition, scan other rate
limits
set-mpls-exp-imposition-transmit set exp during imposition and send it
set-prec-continue rewrite packet precedence, scan other rate
limits
set-prec-transmit rewrite packet precedence and send it
set-qos-continue set qos-group, scan other rate limits
set-qos-transmit set qos-group and send it
transmit transmit packet
If no FILTER is used, the rate-limiting parameters are applied to all incoming or outgoing traffic. You can use FILTERS to apply different rate-limiting parameters to different types of traffic, by issuing multiple CAR commands. The FILTERS can match an ACL, a rate-limit ACL, packets marked with a DSCP value or a QoS Group:
R(config-if)# rate-limit {input|output} [access-group ACL|access-group rate-limit RL-ACL| dscp DSCP| qos-group QOS-GROUP] ...
A rate-limit RL-ACL can be defined to match traffic based on IP Precedencem, MAC Address or MPLS EXP bits
! IP Precedence - RL-ACL: 0-99
R(config)# access-list rate-limit RL-ACL {IP-PREC|mask PREC-MASK}
! MAC Address - RL-ACL:100-199
R(config)# access-list rate-limit RL-ACL MAC-ADDRESS
! MPLS EXP - RL-ACL:200-299
R(config)# access-list rate-limit RL-ACL {EXP|mask EXP-MASK}
The mask is represented as a sum of the powers of two, but is written in Hex. The combination is unique and for each power that is used, that IP-PREC value is matched.
Ex: 18 = 0x12 = 00010010 => use IP Precedence: 1 and 4
To verify CAR you can use:
R# sh interface INTERFACE rate-limit
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