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Tpc Syntax

You can run Third-Party Quality of Service Control Agent from the command prompt, from the Run dialog box (on the Start menu click Run), or from Windows Explorer. When run, it displays a banner and a prompt:

Commands

At this prompt, you can use the following command set. All commands must be typed in upper-case characters. Some of the commands take arguments as shown.

HELP

displays this list of commands.

QUIT

exits Tpc.

ADD -d direction -p protocol -u local_address -v local_port -x remote_address -y remote_address -f filename

creates a session.

SHOWALL

shows all sessions.

SHOW -i index

shows one session.

CHANGESESSION -i index -session_parameter value

changes the context of a session.

CHANGEQOS -i index -qos_parameter value

changes the QoS Spec of a session.

INVOKE -i index

invokes QoS (RSVP + TC) for a standby session.

UPDATE -i index

re-invokes QoS (RSVP + TC) for an active session.

STATUS -i index

looks up the status of an active session.

TERMINATE -i index

terminates QoS support for an active session.

DELETE -i index

removes a standby session.

DELETEALL

removes all standby sessions.

Arguments

The arguments for the commands above are as follows:

index

session index

direction

{send | recv}

protocol

{udp | tcp}

local_address

local IP address {A.B.C.D | default}

local_port

local port number

remote_address

remote IP address

remote_port

remote port number

filename

file containing QoS specifications (see example file) indicating:
-servicetype {controlled_load | guaranteed}
-tokenrate (value in bytes/second)
-tokenbucketsize (value in bytes)
-peakbandwidth (value in bytes/second)
-minimumpolicedsize (value in bytes)
-maxsdusize (value in bytes)
-filterstyle {fixed | wildcard | default}
-resvconfirm {0 | 1 | default}
-ttl {integer | default}
-shapediscardmode {borrow | shape | discard | dontcare}
-internalpriority {interger value in the range of 0-7 | dontcare}

session_parameter

any one of the session parameters

qos_parameter

any one of the QoS parameters