C H A P T E R 11

Configuring Quality of Service on the ML-Series Card

This chapter describes the Quality of Service (QoS) features built into your ML-Series card. It also describes how to map QoS scheduling at both the system and interface levels.

This chapter contains the following major sections:

Understanding QoS, page 11-2

ML-Series QoS, page 11-4

QoS on RPR, page 11-9

Configuring QoS, page 11-10

Monitoring and Verifying QoS Configuration, page 11-16

QoS Configuration Examples, page 11-17

Understanding Multicast QoS and Multicast Priority Queuing, page 11-23

Configuring Multicast Priority Queuing QoS, page 11-24

QoS not Configured on Egress, page 11-26

ML-Series Egress Bandwidth Example, page 11-26

Understanding CoS-Based Packet Statistics, page 11-28

Configuring CoS-Based Packet Statistics, page 11-29

Understanding IP SLA, page 11-30

The ML-Series card employs the Cisco IOS Modular QoS Command-line Interface (MQC). For more information on general MQC configuration, refer to the following Cisco IOS documents:

Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122mindx/l22index.htm

Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference, Release 12.2 at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fqos_r/index.htm

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15310-CL, 15310-MA specifications

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