Difference between revisions of "Cisco QoS Cookbook for LAN"
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Cisco provides an abundance of documentation about [[Quality of Service]]. This Wiki intends to boil down the information to a quick and simple LAN switch configuration guide, that works in most customer environments. | Cisco provides an abundance of documentation about [[Quality of Service]]. This Wiki intends to boil down the information to a quick and simple LAN switch configuration guide, that works in most customer environments. | ||
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* Check the used CoS and DSCP values of the products used. Most Siemens products will use the DSCP values | * Check the used CoS and DSCP values of the products used. Most Siemens products will use the DSCP values | ||
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** If the customer needs to control the proper usage of packet markings, the LAN switch needs to classify the packets based on other means. For Cisco routers, the most secure and convenient way is to use Cisco [http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6616/products_qanda_item09186a00800a3ded.shtml NBAR] for classification at the network edges. For Cisco IOS LAN switches, you need to use VLAN access-lists instead. ((( To be completed ...))) | ** If the customer needs to control the proper usage of packet markings, the LAN switch needs to classify the packets based on other means. For Cisco routers, the most secure and convenient way is to use Cisco [http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6616/products_qanda_item09186a00800a3ded.shtml NBAR] for classification at the network edges. For Cisco IOS LAN switches, you need to use VLAN access-lists instead. ((( To be completed ...))) | ||
| − | = A Real Life Example with trust-cos = | + | == A Real Life Example with trust-cos == |
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Here is a real customer configuration example: | Here is a real customer configuration example: | ||
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channel-group '''1''' mode desirable non-silent | channel-group '''1''' mode desirable non-silent | ||
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interface FastEthernet0/2 | interface FastEthernet0/2 | ||
description this is an access-port | description this is an access-port | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 16 February 2007
Cisco provides an abundance of documentation about Quality of Service. This Wiki intends to boil down the information to a quick and simple LAN switch configuration guide, that works in most customer environments.
Contents
What to do
- Check the used CoS and DSCP values of the products used. Most Siemens products will use the DSCP values
- AF31 (i.e decimal value 26, binary 011010) for voice signaling and
- EF (i.e decimal value 46, binary 101110) for voice streams,
If in doubt, configure the phones/gateway/media server etc. to use those values.
- Turn on auto-qos on Cisco LAN switches and routers. This will turn on QoS in Cisco's switches and routers and will configure it with values, that match most customer's LAN environments. E.g. CoS=5 and DSCP=EF will be sent to the priority queue, if the router/switch is capable of doing so. Packets found in the priority queue are sent before any other packets are sent and therefore are used for real-time traffic.
- Define Trust boundaries: you need to talk to your customer on whether it is acceptable for him to trust its employees about the proper usage of packet priority markings.
- If the customer trusts on proper use of packet markings, and the access switches support this, configure mls qos trust dscp on access ports. Else configure mls qos trust cos.
- If the customer needs to control the proper usage of packet markings, the LAN switch needs to classify the packets based on other means. For Cisco routers, the most secure and convenient way is to use Cisco NBAR for classification at the network edges. For Cisco IOS LAN switches, you need to use VLAN access-lists instead. ((( To be completed ...)))
A Real Life Example with trust-cos
Catalyst 6500
Here is a real customer configuration example:
version 12.1 # switch on QoS globally: mls qos ... interface Port-channel1 description Channel-Port no ip address mls qos trust cos switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk storm-control broadcast level 5.00 interface GigabitEthernet2/1 description This is a one port of a channel with VLAN trunk no ip address logging event link-status wrr-queue cos-map 1 2 2 wrr-queue cos-map 2 1 4 # most important line below: all packets with 802.1p-values (CoS-values) 3, 5 or 6 are sent to the priority queue # 3 because of signaling, 5 because DSCP=EF is mapped to CoS=5 and6 because IEEE recommends CoS=6 for voice # and, I believe, Siemens phones use the IEEE recommendation priority-queue cos-map 1 3 5 6 # not all modules also have ingress queues, the one shown has one. This makes sense, since the Cat6500 is not non-blocking rcv-queue cos-map 1 2 2 rcv-queue cos-map 1 3 4 mls qos trust cos switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk storm-control broadcast level 5.00 channel-group 1 mode desirable non-silent
Catalyst 3550
interface FastEthernet0/2 description this is an access-port switchport access vlan 2 switchport mode access no ip address mls qos trust cos storm-control broadcast level 5.00 power inline never wrr-queue cos-map 1 0 1 wrr-queue cos-map 2 2 4 wrr-queue cos-map 3 7 wrr-queue cos-map 4 3 5 6 # all packets with 802.1p-values (CoS-values) 3, 5 or 6 are sent to the priority queue (4) priority-queue out # switch on priority-queuing. On Cat3550, this turns queue number 4 to a priority queue no cdp enable
