Scenario details: Use the monitor to verify your policy is working

To verify that the policy is working as you configured it to work, do the following steps:

  1. On the quality of service (QoS) configuration window, select Server > Monitor. The QoS Monitor window appears.
  2. Select Inbound admission policy type. This will display all the Inbound admission policies. Select Restrict_TheirCo from the list.

    Make sure to check any measured fields, such as accepted requests, dropped requests, total requests, and connection rate. Dropped requests indicate when traffic exceeds the configured policy values. The accepted requests indicate the number of bits controlled by this policy (from the time the packet was started to the present monitor output).

    The value you assign to the average connection request rate field is also important. When packets exceed this limit, the server will begin to drop them. As a result, the dropped requests will increase. This shows you that the policy is behaving as you configured it to behave. See Monitor QoS section for a description of all the monitor fields.

    Note: Remember that the results will only be accurate when the policy is active. Verify the schedule you specified within the policy.