Chapter 23 Configuring QoS

Configuring QoS

This option sets the maximum number of low-latency or normal priority packets allowed into the Ethernet transmit driver before the driver pushes back to the queues on the interface to let them buffer packets until the congestion clears.

The upper limit of the range of values is determined dynamically at run time. The key determinants are the memory needed to support the queues and the memory available on the device.

The Transmission Ring Limit that you specify affects both the higher priority low-latency queue and the best-effort queue.

Configuring a Service Rule for Standard Priority Queuing and Policing

You can configure standard priority queuing and policing for different class maps within the same policy map. See the “How QoS Features Interact” section on page 23-4for information about valid QoS configurations.

To create a policy map, perform the following steps.

Restrictions

•You cannot use the class-defaultclass map for priority traffic.

•You cannot configure traffic shaping and standard priority queuing for the same interface; only hierarchical priority queuing is allowed.

•(ASASM) The ASASM only supports policing.

•For policing, to-the-box traffic is not supported.

•For policing, traffic to and from a VPN tunnel bypass interface is not supported.

•For policing, when you match a tunnel group class map, only outbound policing is supported.

Guidelines

•For priority traffic, identify only latency-sensitive traffic.

•For policing traffic, you can choose to police all other traffic, or you can limit the traffic to certain types.

Detailed Steps

Step 1 To configure priority queuing, configure a service policy rule in the Configuration > Firewall > Service Policy Rules pane according to Chapter 1, “Configuring a Service Policy.”

You can configure QoS as part of a new service policy rule, or you can edit an existing service policy.

Step 2 In the Rule Actions dialog box, click the QoS tab.

Step 3 Click Enable priority for this flow.

If this service policy rule is for an individual interface, ASDM automatically creates the priority queue for the interface (Configuration > Device Management > Advanced > Priority Queue; for more information, see the “Configuring the Standard Priority Queue for an Interface” section on page 23-8). If this rule is for the global policy, then you need to manually add the priority queue to one or more interfaces before you configure the service policy rule.

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ASA Services Module, ASA 5555-X, ASA 5545-X, ASA 5585-X, ASA 5580 specifications

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