CE-1130 Global rate limits for Consul

[danielehc]

Description

Preparing for Consul 2.0.0 release, documentation for global rate limits.

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Jira: CE-1130

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[aimeeu]

@danielehc I changed the merge base to Jeff's 2.0 release notes PR. That way we have all the new content in a single PR before I merge to the 2.0 branch.