# CAR 101

## Committed Access Rate

CAR can be enabled per interface to limit the incoming and outgoing traffic. CAR can perform classification, marking and policing.

### Configuring CAR

```
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
```

### Filtering

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] ...
```

#### **Rate-limit ACL**

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
```

## Verify

To verify CAR you can use:

```
R# sh interface INTERFACE rate-limit 
```


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