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Angelo
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Feb 27, 2013

Rate Shaping

Hi   I'm cutting over a VS from ZXTM (zeus traffic manager) to F5 but there is something i don't understand. there is a rule for rate shaping on there basically certain IP range (10.200.0.0/24) a...
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nitass
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Feb 28, 2013
does the VS need to have a least one Rate Class applied in order for this to work?i do not think it is required. 

[root@ve10:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   snat automap
   pool gw
   destination any:any
   mask 0.0.0.0
   rules myrule
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b rule myrule list
rule myrule {
   when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
        rateclass class1
}
}
[root@ve10:Active] config  b rate class class1 list
rate class class1 {
   rate 296bps
   ceiling 296bps
   drop policy tail
   type sfq
}

[root@ve10:Active] config  b rate class class1
RATE CLASS class1
|        limits (base, ceiling, burst) = (296bps, 296bps, 0B)
|        bytes (base, burst, queue) = (786, 0, 2346)
|        drops (pkts, bytes)  tail = (0, 0), random = (0, 0), total = (0, 0)
|        4s avg = 10Bps