usage-reporting cost

Configures the CNA link with the price charged and bandwidth allowed by the service provider.

usage-reporting cost <bandwidth> 
 
                     <dollars> 
 
                     [ 
 
                       per-mbps | 
 
                       per-mbps-ceiling | 
 
                       per-mbps-round | 
 
                       per-mbps-truncate
 
                     ] 
 
                     [ offset <offset-dollars> ]
 
no usage-reporting cost <bandwidth>
 

• bandwidth--maximum dataflow permitted for this usage tier, in megabits per second
• dollars--contracted dollar amount for this usage tier (can be a fraction, to two decimal points)
• offset-dollars--amount to be added to total cost if usage enters this tier (can be a fraction, to two decimal points); number specified can be either positive or negative

Must be in link configuration mode (config-engine-link), which requires privileged-level access.

Available for use multiple times in the configuration.

The bandwidth and dollars values entered with the usage-reporting cost command are used by the CNA software to calculate monthly billing reports from link usage data gathered by the SNMP polling agent. See the polling usage on command.

Some contracts which may have a special bonus or penalty clause that changes the cost of service when a tier threshold is broken. To accommodate those contracts, the value specified by the optional offset-dollars argument will be added (or subtracted, if you configure a negative number) to the total cost if usage enters the tier in which the value is configured.

If the optional keyword per-mbps is used, the dollars amount will be considered the cost of one megabit per second.

Use the keyword per-mbps-ceiling to round all fractional values up to the next highest integer, per-mbps-round to round up if the fraction is .5 or greater or down if the fraction is .49 or less, and per-mbps-truncate to drop all fractional values.

If the keyword per-mbps or one of its variants is omitted, the dollars amount will be considered a fixed cost for the tier.

If you have a flat rate contract (any fixed-tier contract that ties you to one price regardless of bandwidth actually used), enter the usage cost command once.

If you have a burstable contract, enter the usage-reporting cost command multiple times, specifying the bandwidth and dollar amounts for each tier of your multi-tiered contract.

The usage-reporting cost command is one of several related usage parameter commands:

• usage-reporting billing-period
• usage-reporting percentile
• usage-reporting formula

Use the no form of the command to delete a cost tier from the link configuration block.