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
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R(config-if)# rate-limit {input|output} [FILTER] CIR BC BE conform-action ACTION exceed-action ACTION
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! available ACTIONs:
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  continue                          scan other rate limits
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  drop                              drop packet
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  set-dscp-continue                 set dscp, scan other rate limits
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  set-dscp-transmit                 set dscp and send it
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  set-mpls-exp-imposition-continue  set exp during imposition, scan other rate
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                                    limits
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  set-mpls-exp-imposition-transmit  set exp during imposition and send it
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  set-prec-continue                 rewrite packet precedence, scan other rate
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                                    limits
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  set-prec-transmit                 rewrite packet precedence and send it
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  set-qos-continue                  set qos-group, scan other rate limits
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  set-qos-transmit                  set qos-group and send it
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  transmit                          transmit packet
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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:
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R(config-if)# rate-limit {input|output} [access-group ACL|access-group rate-limit RL-ACL| dscp DSCP| qos-group QOS-GROUP] ...
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Rate-limit ACL
A rate-limit RL-ACL can be defined to match traffic based on IP Precedencem, MAC Address or MPLS EXP bits
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! IP Precedence - RL-ACL: 0-99
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R(config)# access-list rate-limit RL-ACL {IP-PREC|mask PREC-MASK}
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! MAC Address - RL-ACL:100-199
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R(config)# access-list rate-limit RL-ACL MAC-ADDRESS
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! MPLS EXP - RL-ACL:200-299
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R(config)# access-list rate-limit RL-ACL {EXP|mask EXP-MASK}
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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.
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Ex: 18 = 0x12 = 00010010 => use IP Precedence: 1 and 4
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Verify
To verify CAR you can use:
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R# sh interface INTERFACE rate-limit 
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Committed Access Rate

Configuring CAR

Filtering

Verify