Capping bandwidth usage per host with minimum bandwidth
Use the following instructions to cap the bandwidth available to all hosts in a DVC but allow a minimum bandwidth.
To cap bandwidth but provide a minimum
On the Add New Virtual Circuit form, do the following:
- Select the Dynamic Virtual Circuit checkbox.
- Set the DVC settings to:
- Per Host Bandwidth: – Type the minimum bandwidth that you want the hosts to have
- Per User Max Bandwidth: – Select No Bursting Allowed and set the limit to your manual cap value
- Max Hosts: – Select Auto
Can I mistakenly prevent fully utilizing the bandwidth?
If you set a bandwidth cap per host by setting the Per User Max Bandwidth and you set the maximum number of hosts, it is possible that you prevent access to excess bandwidth.
bandwidth-cap-per-host x number-of-hosts = allocated-bandwidth
If the allocated bandwidth is less than the virtual circuitlogical definitions that partition a a physical network circuit and used to determine what traffic passes through it and how much bandwidth, then you are making some of the bandwidth inaccessible.