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policer

Syntax


                        
                           policer policer-name {
                           
                           filter-specific;
                           
                           
                              
                                 if-exceeding {
                                 
                                 bandwidth-limit                         bps;
                                 
                                 burst-size-limit                         bytes;
                                 
                                 }
                              
                           
                           
                              
                                                          then {
                                 
                                                          policer-action;
                                 
                                 }
                              
                           
                           }

Hierarchy Level


                        
                           [edit firewall]

Release Information

Statement introduced in JUNOS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

Description

Configure policer rate limits and actions. To activate a policer, you must include the policer action modifier in the then statement in a firewall filter term. Each policer that you configure includes an implicit counter. To ensure term-specific packet counts, you configure a policer for each term in the filter that requires policing.

Options

policer-name—Name that identifies the policer. The name can contain letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and can be up to 64 characters long.
The remaining statements are explained separately.

Required Privilege Level

firewall—To view this statement in the configuration.
firewall-control—To add this statement to the configuration.