VTI Tunnel Bandwidth Statements

[peter2727]

What is the proper way to set bandwidth statements on VTI/GRE tunnels over an MPLS network when different locations have different bandwidth capacities?

For example:

Location 1 - DS3 - 44mbps

Location 2 - DS1 - 1.5mbps

Would I put 'bandwidth 1500' on both ends of the tunnel or would I put 'bandwidth 44000' on the DS3 side and 'bandwidth 1500' on the DS1.

[Nagendra Kumar Nainar]

Hi Peter,

To my knowledge, bandwidth statement will not restrict the volume of traffic. Instead it is just a parameter used for control plane calculations. If you really want to restrict the volume of traffic flowing over these interfaces, you may have to think of shaping the same.

HTH,

Nagendra