NETGEAR 7300S Network Router User Manual


 
User Manual for the NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Software
11-8 Quality of Service (QoS) Commands
202-10088-01, March 2005
Note that the type of class - all, any, or acl - has a bearing on the validity of match criteria specified
when defining the class. A class type of 'any' processes its match rules in an ordered sequence;
additional rules specified for such a class simply extend this list. A class type of ‘acl’ obtains its
rule list by interpreting each ACL rule definition at the time the Diffserv class is created.
Differences arise when specifying match criteria for a class type 'all', since only one value for each
non-excluded match field is allowed within a class definition. If a field is already specified for a
class, all subsequent attempts to specify the same field fail, including the cases where a field can
be specified multiple ways through alternative formats. The exception to this is when the 'exclude'
option is specified, in which case this restriction does not apply to the excluded fields.
The following class restrictions are imposed by the DiffServ design:
nested class support limited to:
'any' within 'any'
'all' within 'all'
no nested 'not' conditions
no nested 'acl' class types
each class contains at most one referenced class
hierarchical service policies not supported in a class definition
access list matched by reference only, and must be sole criterion in a class
i.e., ACL rules copied as class match criteria at time of class creation, with class
type 'any'
implicit ACL 'deny all' rule also copied
no nesting of class type 'acl'
Regarding nested classes, referred to here as class references, a given class definition can contain
at most one reference to another class, which can be combined with other match criteria. The
referenced class is truly a reference and not a copy, since additions to a referenced class affect all
classes that reference it. Changes to any class definition currently referenced by any other class
must result in valid class definitions for all derived classes otherwise the change is rejected. A
class reference may be removed from a class definition.
The user can display summary and detailed information for classes, policies and services. All
configuration information is accessible via the CLI, Web, and SNMP user interfaces.
diffserv
This command sets the DiffServ operational mode to active. While disabled, the DiffServ
configuration is retained and can be changed, but it is not activated. When enabled, Diffserv
services are activated.