# Setting the Excess Burst for a Rate-Limit Profile

For one-rate rate-limit profiles only, use the excess-burst command to set the excess burst in bytes for a rate-limit profile; range is 0–4294967295. Use the excess-burst command to set the excess burst in milliseconds for a rate-limit profile; range is 1–10000. The no version restores the default value, 0.

- Issue the excess-burst command from Rate Limit Profile Configuration mode:
  host1(config-rate-limit-profile)#excess-burst millisecond 1000

#### Related Documentation

- excess-burst