# Add/Edit Policy

Configuration > Policies > Policer Names > Add/Edit Policy

In this dialog box, you can create a new policy or modify the settings of an existing policy.

Note: The sup 1 supervisor card does not support the excess rate feature.

To view the definition for a particular MIB variable, click the appropriate link from the following list:

- Name (caqFlowPolicerName)

- Type (caqFlowPolicerType)

- Normal Rate Requested (caqFlowPolicerNormalRateRequest)

- Normal Rate Granted (caqFlowPolicerNormalRateGrant)

- Normal Rate Action (caqFlowPolicerNormalRateAction)

- Excess Rate Requested (caqFlowPolicerExcessRateRequest)

- Excess Rate Granted (caqFlowPolicerExcessRateGrant)

- Excess Rate Action (caqFlowPolicerExcessRateAction)

- Burst Size Requested (caqFlowPolicerBurstSizeRequest)

- Burst Size Granted (caqFlowPolicerBurstSizeGrant)

The following list specifies buttons in this dialog box, as well as their function:

- Click OK to continue.

- Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

- Click Print to print the contents of the dialog box.

- Click Help to access the online help.

Name (caqFlowPolicerName)

The name of a policer.

Type (caqFlowPolicerType)

The type of a policer. There are two possible values: microflow(1) and aggregate(2).

Normal Rate Requested (caqFlowPolicerNormalRateRequest)

The requested average rate of the flow. The base unit of this object is 1 kilobyte per second; values can be 0, or range from 32 to 8,000,000.

Normal Rate Granted (caqFlowPolicerNormalRateGrant)

The granted average rate of the flow. The base unit of this object is 1 kilobyte per second.

Normal Rate Action (caqFlowPolicerNormalRateAction)

The action for normal rate out-of-profile packets. There are two possible values: drop(1) and policedDscp(2).

Note: An out-of-profile packet is a packet that causes the committed access rate for the packet's flow to be exceeded.

Excess Rate Requested (caqFlowPolicerExcessRateRequest)

The requested excess rate of the flow. The base unit of this object is 1 kilobyte per second; values can be 0, or range from 32 to 8,000,000.

If specified, the value must exceed the normal rate requested.

Excess Rate Granted (caqFlowPolicerExcessRateGrant)

The granted excess rate of the flow. The base unit of this object is 1 kilobyte per second.

Excess Rate Action (caqFlowPolicerExcessRateAction)

The action for excess rate out-of-profile packets. There are two possible values: drop(1) and policedDscp(2).

Burst Size Requested (caqFlowPolicerBurstSizeRequest)

The requested burst rate of the flow. The base unit of this object is 1 kilobyte; values can be 0, or range from 32 to 8,000,000.

Burst Size Granted (caqFlowPolicerBurstSizeGrant)

The granted burst rate of the flow. The base unit of this object is 1 kilobyte.

The following table outlines which policy types are supported by the IP, IPX, and MAC interfaces on Sup1 and Sup2 supervisor cards.

Table 1: Policy Types Supported

Policy Type | Sup1 Card | Sup2 Card
IP | IPX | MAC | IP | IPX | MAC
Micro Flow | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No
Aggregate Flow | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
No Trust | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No
Trust CoS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
DSCP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No
IP Prec | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No