rate

Syntax

rate number;

Hierarchy Level

[edit forwarding-options port-mirroring input],[edit forwarding-options sampling input],[edit forwarding-options sampling family (inet | inet6 | mpls)],[edit forwarding-options sampling instance instance-name input][edit forwarding-options port-mirroring family (inet|inet6) input]

Release Information

Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

Description

Set the ratio of the number of packets to be sampled. For example, if you specify a rate of 10, every tenth packet (1 packet out of 10) is sampled.

Options

number—Denominator of the ratio.

Range: 1 through 65,535

Usage Guidelines

See Configuring Port Mirroring or Configuring Traffic Sampling.

Required Privilege Level

interface—To view this statement in the configuration.

interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.