Traffic Management

IP Layer Input Checks

  • Source Reverse Path Forwarding
  • Time To Live expiration
  • IP header checksum
  • Layer 2 Length < IP Length

Classifiers

  • Multiple million Classifiers - Arbitrary N-tuple

Policers

  • Colour Aware & Token Bucket
  • Rounding Closest/Up/Down
  • Limits in PPS/KBPS
  • Types:
    • Single Rate Two Colour
    • Single Rate Three Colour
    • Dual Rate Three Colour
  • Action Triggers
    • Conform
    • Exceed
    • Violate
  • Actions Type
    • Drop
    • Transmit
    • Mark-and-transmit

Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) * mirror traffic to another switch port

ACLs

  • Stateful
  • Stateless

COP

MAC/IP Pairing

(security feature).