Managing Traffic

This article presents the creation of E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree services. It also explains how to configure some of the service attributes for the created services, such as bandwidth profiles, CoS mapping and Layer-2 control protocol processing optio...

You can set up a specific filter (Layer-2, IPv4 or IPv6) for use with loopbacks or flows. By using such a filter, you can loop back traffic or set up a flow based on specific characteristics such as Ethernet Header settings, VLAN settings and DSCP f...

With the Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor GT (formerly Accedian Skylight performance element: GT) You can create and manage Ethernet services through the Traffic menus. The major steps required to create or manage services are: De...

The Layer-2 Protocol Tunneling (L2PT) function provides a set of rules that can be used to process the Layer-2 Control Protocol (L2CP) frames. Each L2PT rule can be configured to process a specific type of L2CP frame with either one of the followi...

This section describes how to set up the unit for monitoring pass-through traffic using the monitor ports. The units have a versatile monitoring capability that can be tailored to the specific troubleshooting you may need. The Cisco Provider Connect...

Shaping is a technique which delays some or all packets as a way to bring them into compliance with a desired bandwidth profile. The shaping provides a means to control the volume of traffic being sent into a network in a specified period (bandwid...

Traffic shaping is used to reduce traffic burstiness for an outgoing interface by delaying some or all frames. It is commonly applied at the network edges to control traffic entering the network. With shaping, you can control the volume of traffic b...