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Understanding QoS
Figure 36-7 WTD and Queue Operation
For more information, see the “Mapping DSCP or CoS Values to an Ingress Queue and Setting WTD
Thresholds” section on page 36-67, the “Allocating Buffer Space to and Setting WTD Thresholds for an
Egress Queue-Set” section on page 36-71, and the “Mapping DSCP or CoS Values to an Egress Que ue
and to a Threshold ID” section on page 36-73.
SRR Shaping and Sharing
Both the ingress and egress queues are serviced by SRR, which controls the rate at which packets are
sent. On the ingress queues, SRR sends packets to the stack or internal r ing. On the egress queues, SRR
sends packets to the egress port.
You can configure SRR on egress queues for sharing or for shaping. However, for ingress queues, sharing
is the default mode, and it is the only mode supported.
In shaped mode, the egress queues are guaranteed a percentage of the bandw idth, an d they are
rate-limited to that amount. Shaped traffic does not use more than the allocated bandwidth even if the
link is idle. Shaping provides a more even flow of traffic ov er time an d red uces th e p eaks an d valleys of
bursty traffic. With shaping, the absolute value of each weight is used to compute the bandwidth
available for the queues.
In shared mode, the queues share the bandwidth among them accord ing t o th e co nfigured we ight s. The
bandwidth is guaranteed at this level but not limited to it. For example, if a queue is empt y and no longer
requires a share of the link, the remaining queues can expand into the unused bandwidth and share it
among them. With sharing, the ratio of the weights controls the frequency of dequeuing; the absolute
values are meaningless. Shaping and sharing is configured per interf ac e. Ea ch interf ace can be un ique ly
configured.
For more information, see the “Allocating Bandwidth Between the Ingress Queues” section on
page 36-68, the “Configuring SRR Shaped Weights on Egress Queues” section on page 36-75, and the
“Configuring SRR Shared Weights on Egress Queues” section on page 36-76.
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