Network element instance throughput control prevents network elements from becoming overloaded by controlling the volume of transactions that sent from ASAP. You can use a central throughput control mechanism to configure a specific throughput per unit of time for network element instances, which limits the number of transactions sent to the network element during that unit of time.
For example, consider that you have a network element (one that responds to ASAP asynchronously) that can handle a maximum of 20 transactions per second. And, if the number of transactions sent to this network element exceed 20 per second, some response messages are not generated and are not received by ASAP. You can configure throughput controls for this network element instance to prevent overloading and to ensure that the network element generates all required response messages.
See "Configuring Network Element Instance Throughput Control" for more information.
To configure the throughput control for a network element instance:
In the NE Template editor, modify the throughput properties used to create new network element instances.
When modifying the properties used to create new network element instances, you ensure that any future network element instances use the appropriate throughput properties. To do this, update the throughput values in the NE Template editor as follows:
In the Throughput field, enter the maximum number of transactions.
Valid Throughput field values range from 1 - 9999.
In the Transactions Per field, enter the unit of time.
In the Network Element editor, modify the throughput properties for any existing network element instances of that type.
Update the throughput values as follows:
In the Throughput field, enter the maximum number of transactions.
Valid Throughput field values range from 1 - 9999.
In the Transactions Per field, enter the unit of time.
In the Dynamic NE Template editor, modify the throughput properties for any existing Dynamic NE Template used for network element instances of that type.
Update the throughput values as follows:
In the Throughput field, enter the maximum number of transactions.
Valid Throughput field values range from 1 - 9999.
In the Transactions Per field, enter the unit of time.
Save all modified network element templates, network elements, and dynamic network element templates.
You can now deploy the configuration to an ASAP environment for testing.