Chapter 23 Configuring QoS

Feature History for QoS

Priority-Queue Statistics interface test

Queue Type

= BE

Packets Dropped

= 0

Packets Transmit

= 0

Packets Enqueued

= 0

Current Q Length

= 0

Max Q Length

= 0

Queue Type

= LLQ

Packets Dropped

= 0

Packets Transmit

= 0

Packets Enqueued

= 0

Current Q Length

= 0

Max Q Length

= 0

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In this statistical report, the meaning of the line items is as follows:

•“Packets Dropped” denotes the overall number of packets that have been dropped in this queue.

•“Packets Transmit” denotes the overall number of packets that have been transmitted in this queue.

•“Packets Enqueued” denotes the overall number of packets that have been queued in this queue.

•“Current Q Length” denotes the current depth of this queue.

•“Max Q Length” denotes the maximum depth that ever occurred in this queue.

Feature History for QoS

Table 23-3lists each feature change and the platform release in which it was implemented. ASDM is backwards-compatible with multiple platform releases, so the specific ASDM release in which support was added is not listed.

Table 23-3

Feature History for QoS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

Feature Name

 

Releases

Feature Information

 

 

 

Priority queuing and policing

7.0(1)

We introduced QoS priority queuing and policing.

 

 

 

We introduced the following screens:

 

 

 

Configuration > Device Management > Advanced >

 

 

 

Priority Queue

 

 

 

Configuration > Firewall > Service Policy Rules

 

 

 

Shaping and hierarchical priority queuing

7.2(4)/8.0(4)

We introduced QoS shaping and hierarchical priority

 

 

 

queuing.

 

 

 

We modified the following screen: Configuration > Firewall

 

 

 

> Service Policy Rules.

 

 

 

Ten Gigabit Ethernet support for a standard

8.2(3)/8.4(1)

We added support for a standard priority queue on Ten

priority queue on the ASA 5585-X

 

Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for the ASA 5585-X.

 

 

 

 

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

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