Setting Up Rate Limiting on Your Dell Force10 S4810P

What You’ll Need:

• A Dell Force10 S4810P switch
• A console cable or network access to the switch
• Terminal application (like PuTTY for Windows or Terminal for macOS) or SSH client

Steps:

1. Connect to your Dell Force10 S4810P switch: Use a console cable or SSH to connect to your switch. (Refer to the previous tutorials for detailed instructions on how to do this.)
2. Enter the configuration mode: At the command line prompt, type configure and press Enter.
3. Identify the interface(s) you want to set rate limiting on: It is typically applied to a port or a range of ports. For example, to choose Ten Gigabit Ethernet port 0/1, you would use the command interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1 and press Enter.
4. Enable rate limiting: To set rate limiting on the selected interface, use the command rate-limit input <rate>. The <rate> is the allowed bandwidth in kilobits per second (kbps). For example, rate-limit input 10000 will limit inbound traffic on the selected interface to 10,000 kbps (10 Mbps).
5. Repeat for other interfaces as required: If you have more interfaces to set rate limits on, repeat steps 3 and 4 for each of them.
6. Save your configuration: Once everything is set up to your satisfaction, use the end command to exit configuration mode, then copy running-config startup-config to save your changes. If you don’t do this, your configuration will be lost when the switch is rebooted.

Rate limiting is an effective way of preventing a single user or application from monopolizing all your network bandwidth. It can also be a vital tool in mitigating the effects of DDoS attacks.