Chapter 12 Configuring Quality of Service on the ML-Series Card

Configuring Multicast Priority Queuing QoS

Multicast Priority Queuing QoS Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to multicast priority queuing QoS:

The bandwidth allocation and utilization configured for multicast priority queuing traffic is global and applies to all the ports on the ML-Series card, both POS and Fast Ethernet, regardless of whether these ports carry multicast priority queuing traffic. The rate of traffic can be reduced for all ports on the ML-Series card when this feature is configured. Default multicast traffic uses bandwidth only on the ports where it egresses, not globally like multicast priority queuing.

Multicast priority queuing QoS is supported only for Layer 2 bridging.

The ML-Series card supports a maximum of two multicast priority queuing classes.

Unlike the rest of the ML-Series card QoS, multicast priority queuing QoS is not part of the Cisco IOS MQC.

Priority-mcast bandwidth allocation is per port.

Configuring Multicast Priority Queuing QoS

To configure a priority class for multicast traffic, use the global configuration cos priority-mcastcommand defined in Table 12-5.

 

 

 

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ONS 15310-CL, ONS 15310-MA, Cisco ONS 15310-MA specifications

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