For an IP switch I need to have a function with as end goal making use of capacity management.
While having a look at different setups, I see that a Rx and Tx function are created. Why are both needed and can't there be just one single function?
Secondly, for each function I see that an IP In and IP Out interface are defined. Why can't this be done with just one single IP In/Out interface?
The design has been made at the time it was only possible to define 1 single capacity value per resource. Therefore, to manage both Tx and Rx traffic, it was required to create 2 resources per interface.
Having one single function representing a switching function ( incoming interface, internal routing , outgoing interface ) is not an option, as the couple ‘incoming interface’ / ‘outgoing interface’ changes depending on the destination.
Having one single function combining both Rx and Tx functions of the same Ethernet Interface could be an option, now that DataMiner supports multiple capacities on a resource.