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Creating QoS Policies
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• Add Policy – Opens the “Policy Configuration” page. Enter a policy name and
description on this page, and click Add to open the “Policy Rule Settings” page.
Enter the criteria used to service ingress traffic on this page.
• Remove Policy – Deletes a specified policy.
Policy Configuration
• Policy Name — Name of policy map. (Range: 1-16 characters)
• Description – A brief description of a policy map. (Range: 1-64 characters)
• Add – Adds the specified policy.
• Back – Returns to previous page with making any changes.
Policy Rule Settings
- Class Settings -
• Class Name – Name of class map.
• Action – Shows the service provided to ingress traffic by setting a CoS, DSCP, or
IP Precedence value in a matching packet (as specified in Match Class Settings on
page 27-2).
• Meter – The maximum throughput and burst rate.
- Rate (kbps) – Rate in kilobits per second.
- Burst (byte) – Burst in bytes.
• Exceed Action – Specifies whether the traffic that exceeds the specified rate will
be dropped or the DSCP service level will be reduced.
• Remove Class – Deletes a class.
- Policy Options -
• Class Name – Name of class map.
• Action – Configures the service provided to ingress traffic by setting a CoS, DSCP,
or IP Precedence value in a matching packet (as specified in Match Class Settings
on page 27-2). (Range - CoS: 0-7, DSCP: 0-63, IP Precedence: 0-7,
IPv6 DSCP: 0-63)
• Meter – Check this to define the maximum throughput, burst rate, and the action
that results from a policy violation.
- Rate (kbps) – Rate in kilobits per second. (Range: 1-100000 kbps or maximum
port speed, whichever is lower)
- Burst (byte) – Burst in bytes. (Range: 64-1522)
• Exceed – Specifies whether the traffic that exceeds the specified rate or burst will
be dropped or the DSCP service level will be reduced.
- Set – Decreases DSCP priority for out of conformance traffic. (Range: 0-63).
- Drop – Drops out of conformance traffic.
• Add – Adds the specified criteria to the policy map.