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Limit network bandwidth (PIX 515E OS 7.2.1 & Dell PowerConnect 5324)
I have a server on my network that I need to limit the bandwidth on. Presently it is behind a Cisco PIX 515E (running 7.2.1) and attached to a Dell PowerConnect 5324 switch. I need to be able to cap the bandwidth at 256kbps for the port, I dont really care where I apply the limit but need to make this happen.
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I looked at both of those documents and I dont see where it says I can set the maximum throughput on the interface.
Well... I may have thrown you a red herring . . . I'll have to research that one a bit more.
However, the Dell switch is capable of QoS and WRR which should allow you to identify, tag, and pseudo rate-limit traffic from this server on the switch.
http://docs.us.dell.com/support/edocs/network/pc5324/en/UG/qos.htm#1133796
However, the Dell switch is capable of QoS and WRR which should allow you to identify, tag, and pseudo rate-limit traffic from this server on the switch.
http://docs.us.dell.com/support/edocs/network/pc5324/en/UG/qos.htm#1133796
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I read all of that, does that actually work? If I understand it correctly I dump all of the traffic into one QoS category and then I can assign a rate limit to that?
Pix v7.0+ does do both policing of the traffic (rate limiting) or QoS. The newer v7.2 can even add the l2l QoS parameters for you site to site vpn traffic.
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/multisec/asa_sw/v_7_2/conf_gd/firewall/qos.htm#wp1043440
Check the policing section for what you want.
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/multisec/asa_sw/v_7_2/conf_gd/firewall/qos.htm#wp1043440
Check the policing section for what you want.
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Joesmail, that looks really close to what I am trying to do, but it doens't look like its a cap on the entire interface (or VLAN in my case) is that possible?
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If the server is Windows 2003 it has QoS settings that can throttle it..
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a9b9d7f3-ff08-4c49-b8a7-b92e9ce080101033.mspx?mfr=true
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/450c1fec-d358-42f4-b7e4-18b3f47ef6ff1033.mspx?mfr=true