Configure Tab Reference

Name

Displays the names of the deployment groups. Click a deployment group's name to open the Deployment Group page to change its name and description.

Description

Displays deployment group descriptions.

Policy Groups

Click the icon for a deployment group to display the Policy Groups page for that deployment group.

Create button

Click to create a new deployment group. The Deployment Group page appears.

Edit button

Click to edit the selected deployment group's name and description. The Deployment Group page appears.

Copy button

Click to make a copy of the selected deployment group. The Copy Deployment Group dialog box opens. See Copy Deployment Group Dialog Box for details.

Delete button

Click to delete the selected deployment groups and all their policy groups.

Name

The deployment group name.

Description

A description of the deployment group.

Device Group

Select the name of the target device group, to which you want to copy.

Copy with network element assignments

Select this check box to copy the network element assignments of the policy groups in the source deployment group to the policy groups in the new deployment group. This option is available only when you copy within the same device group.

Name

Displays the names of the IP aliases in the IP Aliases library. Click a name to open the IP Alias dialog box for viewing or editing. See IP Alias Dialog Box for details.

Values

Displays the hostnames and IP addresses in the alias.

Create button

Click to create a new IP alias. The IP Alias dialog box opens. See IP Alias Dialog Box for details.

Edit button

Click to edit a selected IP alias. The IP Alias dialog box opens. See IP Alias Dialog Box for details.

Delete button

Click to delete selected IP aliases.

Name

The name of the IP alias.

Network Host

• Select IP to specify the IP address and mask of the network host. Enter the IP address and mask.
  
  
• Select Host to specify the host name. Enter the host name. The Mask field will be disabled.
  
  

Add button

Click to add the IP definition to the IP alias definition.

Remove button

Click to remove the selected IP definition from the current IP alias definition.

IP list

Displays the IP addresses in the current IP alias definition.

Name

Displays the names of the application aliases in the Application Aliases library. Click a name to open the Application Alias dialog box for viewing or editing. See Application Alias Dialog Box for details.

Protocol

Displays the application protocol defined in the alias.

Ports

Displays the port or group of ports defined in the alias.

Create button

Click to create a new application alias. The Application Alias dialog box opens. See Application Alias Dialog Box for details.

Edit button

Click to edit a selected application alias. The Application Alias dialog box opens. See Application Alias Dialog Box for details.

Delete button

Click to delete selected application aliases.

Name

The name of the application alias.

Protocol

Define the protocol in one of the following ways:

• Enter the number or name of the protocol used by the packets. Valid protocol numbers are 0 through 255. Valid names appear in the Protocol list.
  
  
• Click the Protocol button, and select a protocol from the Protocol list.
  
  

TCP/UDP port or range

For TCP or UDP protocols, enter the TCP or UDP port number or range of ports that the application uses.

Name

Displays the names of policy group templates in the Templates library. Click a template name to open the General page for that template.

Description

Displays the policy group template descriptions.

Voice Role

Displays the voice role for voice policy group templates. The voice role specifies the role of an interface in the IP telephony network, according to its type, function, and location on the network.

QoS Properties

This column displays the number of QoS properties. Click the number to open the QoS Properties page for the corresponding policy group template.

In Policies

This column displays the number of policies for inbound traffic. Click the number to open the In Policies page for the corresponding policy group template.

Out Policies

This column displays the number of policies for outbound traffic. Click the number to open the Out Policies page for the corresponding policy group template.

Attached Policy Groups

This column displays the number of policy groups attached to the template. Click to open the Attached Policy Groups page for the corresponding policy group template.

Create button

Click to create a new policy group template. The Policy Group Template Definition wizard opens.

Edit button

Click to edit the selected template. The Policy Group Template General page appears.

Delete button

Click to delete the selected policy group templates. The selected templates will be deleted with all their content.

Name

Displays the names of the policy groups attached to the template.

Deployment Group

Displays the names of the deployment groups to which the attached policy groups belong. Click the deployment group name to display the Policy Groups page for that deployment group.

Description

Displays the descriptions of the policy groups.

Assigned Network Elements

Displays the types of network elements assigned to the policy groups. Click a network element type to display the Assigned Network Elements page for the policy group.

Disconnect button

Click to disconnect the selected policy groups from the policy group template.

Template Name

The name of the policy group template.

Template Description

The description of the policy group template.

Advanced

This field is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to expand the field. The options in this field offer alternative ways of defining the policy group template:

• Continue with the wizard—This is the default and defines the device constraints using the wizard.
  
  
• Copy from Policy Group Template—Copies a template's device constraints, QoS properties and policies.
  
  
• Select a template from the list box. Click View to display the template details in a separate browser window.
  
  
• Copy from Policy group—Copies a policy group's device constraints, and optionally, its properties and policies.
  
  
• Select the source device group in the Device Group list box.
  
  
• Select the source deployment group in the Deployment Group list box.
  
  
• Select the policy group to copy in the Policy Group list box. Click View to display the policy group in a separate browser window.
  
  
• Select Copy policies and properties to copy the source policy group's policies and properties.
  
  

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step. If you chose Continue with wizard, the Constraints Definition page appears. Otherwise the Capabilities Report page appears.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The QoS Properties page appears.

Deployment Group

Displays the current deployment group. To work with policy groups in a different deployment group, select the required deployment group.

Name

Displays the names of policy groups in the current deployment group. Click a policy group name to open the General page for that policy group.

Description

Displays the policy group descriptions.

Policy Group Template

Displays the policy group template name, if the policy group is linked to a template. Click the template name to display the General page for the policy group template.

Voice Role

If the policy group is not attached to a template, this column displays the voice role for voice policy groups. The voice role specifies the role of an interface in the IP telephony network, according to its type, function and location on the network.

If the policy group is attached to a policy group template, this column displays "inherited."

QoS Properties

If the policy group is not attached to a template, this column displays the number of QoS properties. Click the number to open the QoS Properties page for the corresponding policy group.

If the policy group is attached to a policy group template, this column displays "inherited."

In Policies

If the policy group is not attached to a template, this column displays the number of policies in policy groups for inbound traffic. Click the number to open the In Policies page for the corresponding policy group.

If the policy group is attached to a policy group template, this column displays "inherited."

Out Policies

If the policy group is not attached to a template, this column displays the number of policies in policy groups for outbound traffic. Click the number to open the Out Policies page for the corresponding policy group.

If the policy group is attached to a policy group template, this column displays "inherited."

Network Elements

Displays the number and type of network elements that are assigned to each policy group. Click the network element type to display the Assigned Network Elements page for the corresponding policy group.

Create button

Click to create a new policy group in the current deployment group. The Policy Group Definition wizard opens.

Edit button

Click to edit the selected policy group. The Policy Group general information page appears.

Copy button

Click to make a copy of a selected policy group. The Copy Policy Group dialog box opens. See Copy Policy Group Dialog Box for details.

Delete button

Click to delete the selected policy groups. The selected policy groups will be deleted with all their content.

Device Group

Select the name of the target device group, to which you want to copy.

Deployment Group

Select the name of the target deployment group, to which you want to copy.

Copy with policies and properties

Select this check box to copy the source policy group with its policies and properties.

Copy with network element assignments

Select this check box to copy the source policy group with its network element assignments. This option is available only when you copy to a different deployment group within the same device group.

Name

Displays the policy group or policy group template name.

Description

Displays the policy group or policy group template description.

Total policies and properties

Displays the total number of policies and properties in the policy group or policy group template.

Assigned to

Displays the number and type of network elements to which the policy group is assigned. (This field does not appear for a policy group template.)

Attached to template

Displays the name of the policy group template to which the policy group is attached. (This field does not appear for a policy group template.)

If the policy group is attached to a template, a Disconnect button is displayed. Click Disconnect to disconnect the policy group from the template.

Voice Role

Displays the voice role for a voice policy group. The voice role specifies the role of an interface in the IP telephony network, according to its type, function, and location on the network. This field appears only for a voice policy group or voice policy group template.

Edit button

Click to edit the general definitions of the policy group or template. The Policy Group Definition wizard opens.

Note   For policy groups that are attached to a policy group template, you can edit only the policy group name and definition.

Note   For voice policy groups, if you modify the device constraints, the policy group will lose its voice role.

Constraint No.

Serial number of the device constraint definition.

Model

The device model number.

OS Version

The version of the operating system software running on the device.

Compatible IOSs

The IOS versions that have compatible QoS capabilities with the specified OS version.

Interface Type

The type of interface, for example, Ethernet.

Card Type

(Interfaces, VCs, and DLCIs only) The type of card on which the interface or switch port resides.

Network Element

The type of network element, for example, device, or interface.

Capabilities Report button

Click to view a summary of the device constraint capabilities in a separate browser window.

Edit button

Click to edit the policy group constraint definitions. The Constraint Definitions page of the Policy Group Definition wizard appears.

QoS Properties

Displays the defined QoS properties, and the QoS properties that can be configured for the policy group or policy group template.

This field is displayed only when there are configurable QoS properties.

Edit button

Click to edit or add QoS properties. The QoS Properties wizard opens.

The Edit button is disabled for policy groups that are attached to a policy group template.

Mappings

Displays the QoS mappings that can be defined for the policy group or policy group template:

• Not configured—Mappings have not been defined in QPM. Assigned network elements will use the mappings that are currently configured on the device.
  
  
• User defined—Mappings have been defined in QPM, and will be configured on the network elements on deployment.
  
  

Edit button (for each type of mapping)

Click to change the mapping settings for the policy group or template. The corresponding Mappings page appears.

Name

The NBAR application name.

Protocol

The protocol name: TCP or UDP.

Ports

The ports to which the application is mapped.

Create button

Click to add a new NBAR port mapping. The NBAR Port Mapping dialog box opens. See NBAR Port Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Edit button

Click to edit the properties of the selected NBAR mapping. The NBAR Port Mapping dialog box opens. See NBAR Port Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Reset button

Click to delete all existing NBAR port mappings. The NBAR port mappings configuration is now "Not configured."

Delete button

Click to delete the selected NBAR mapping.

NBAR Protocol

The application protocol.

TCP/UDP

The application's layer 4 protocol name: TCP or UDP.

Ports

The ports to which the application is mapped. Enter port numbers separated by a space or comma.

DSCP

Lists the 64 DSCP values each of which can be mapped to one of eight CoS values.

CoS

Displays the mapped CoS values for each DSCP value.

If there is no mapping configured ("Not configured" is displayed in the QoS Properties page), default values are displayed. To configure the default values, click the Save Defaults button.

Edit button

Click to edit the mapping of the selected DSCP value. The DSCP to CoS Mapping dialog box opens. See DSCP to CoS Mapping Dialog Box for more details.

Reset button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The default mapping values are displayed. To configure the default mapping values, click Save Defaults.

Delete button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The QoS Properties page appears displaying "Not configured" for this mapping. This button is disabled if the mapping is not configured.

Save Defaults button

Click to save the displayed default settings. This button is enabled when the default settings are displayed.

Done button

Click to return to the QoS Properties page.

DSCP

Displays the selected DSCP value to be mapped.

CoS

Enter the CoS value to which you want the DSCP value to be mapped.

CoS

Lists the eight CoS values, each of which can be mapped to one of the 64 DSCP values.

DSCP

Displays the mapped DSCP values for each CoS value.

If there is no mapping configured ("Not configured" is displayed in the QoS Properties page), default values are displayed. To configure the default values, click the Save Defaults button.

Edit button

Click to edit the mapping of the selected CoS value. The CoS to DSCP Mapping dialog box opens. See CoS to DSCP Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Reset button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The default mapping values are displayed. To configure the default mapping values, click Save Defaults.

Delete button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The QoS Properties page appears displaying "Not configured" for this mapping. This button is disabled if the mapping is not configured.

Save Defaults button

Click to save the displayed default settings. This button is enabled when the default settings are displayed.

Done button

Click to return to the QoS Properties page.

CoS

Displays the selected CoS value to be mapped.

DSCP

Enter the DSCP value to which you want the CoS value to be mapped.

IP Precedence

Lists the eight IP Precedence values each of which can be mapped to one of the 64 DSCP values.

DSCP

Displays the mapped DSCP values for each IP precedence value.

If there is no mapping configured ("Not configured" is displayed in the QoS Properties page), default values are displayed. To configure the default values, click the Save Defaults button.

Edit button

Click to edit the mapping of the selected IP Precedence value. The IP Precedence to DSCP Mapping dialog box opens. See IP Precedence to DSCP Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Reset button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The default mapping values are displayed. To configure the default mapping values, click Save Defaults.

Delete button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The QoS Properties page appears displaying "Not configured" for this mapping. This button is disabled if the mapping is not configured.

Save Defaults button

Click to save the displayed default settings. This button is enabled when the default settings are displayed.

Done button

Click to return to the QoS Properties page.

IP Precedence

Displays the selected IP Precedence value to be mapped.

DSCP

Enter the DSCP value to which you want the IP Precedence value to be mapped.

DSCP

Lists the 64 DSCP values each of which can be marked down.

Markdown

Displays the markdown values for each DSCP value.

If there is no mapping configured ("Not configured" is displayed in the QoS Properties page), default values are displayed. To configure the default values, click the Save Defaults button.

Edit button

Click to edit the mapping of the selected DSCP value. The DSCP to Markdown dialog box opens. See DSCP to Markdown Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Reset button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The default mapping values are displayed. To configure the default mapping values, click Save Defaults.

Delete button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The QoS Properties page appears displaying "Not configured" for this mapping. This button is disabled if the mapping is not configured.

Save Defaults button

Click to save the displayed default settings. This button is enabled when the default settings are displayed.

Done button

Click to return to the QoS Properties page.

DSCP

Displays the selected DSCP value to be marked down.

Markdown

Enter the Markdown value to which you want the DSCP value to be mapped.

DSCP

Lists the 64 DSCP values each of which can be marked down.

Excess Markdown

Displays the excess markdown values for each DSCP value.

If there is no mapping configured ("Not configured" is displayed in the QoS Properties page), default values are displayed. To configure the default values, click the Save Defaults button.

Edit button

Click to edit the mapping of the selected DSCP value. The DSCP to Excess Markdown dialog box opens. See Excess Markdown Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Reset button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The default mapping values are displayed. To configure the default mapping values, click Save Defaults.

Delete button

Click to delete the entire mapping configuration. The QoS Properties page appears displaying "Not configured" for this mapping. This button is disabled if the mapping is not configured.

Save Defaults button

Click to save the displayed default settings. This button is enabled when the default settings are displayed.

Done button

Click to return to the QoS Properties page.

DSCP

Displays the selected DSCP value to be marked down.

Markdown

Enter the Excess Markdown value to which you want the DSCP value to be mapped.

Policy Order

The order of the policy within the policy group or template. Policies are checked in the order they appear in the list. When a policy filter matches the traffic flow, the policy actions are applied.

Enable

Enabled policies are distributed to network elements on deployment, and are indicated by a checkmark. Disabled policies are indicated by a minus sign (-).

Policy Name

Displays the name of each policy in the policy group or template. Click a policy name to view a summary of that policy.

Filter

Displays the policy's filter details.

Action

Displays the policy's action details.

Create button

Click to create a new policy. The Policy wizard opens.

This button is disabled for:

• Policy groups defined for interfaces on a VLAN, and the QoS style is VLAN-based. (When you want to define VLAN-based policies, you must create an additional policy group for a VLAN, and define the policies in this policy group.)
  
  
• Any policy group for which you cannot configure policies in the specified direction.
  
  
• Policy groups that are attached to a policy group template.
  
  

Disable button

Click to disable selected enabled policies.

Enable button

Click to enable selected disabled policies.

Reorder button

Click to change the order of the policies in the policy group or template. The Reorder Policies dialog box opens. See Reorder Policies Dialog Box for details.

Edit button

Click to edit a selected policy. The Policy wizard opens.

Delete button

Click to delete the selected policies.

Name

Displays the name of the policy.

Description

Displays the policy description.

Type

Displays the type of policy—QoS policy, or Access control policy.

Status

Displays the status of the policy—Enabled, or Disabled.

Direction

Displays the direction of the policy—In, or Out.

Filter

Displays a summary of the policy's filter definition.

Policy actions

Displays a summary of the policy's actions.

Edit button

Click to edit the policy. The Policy wizard opens.

Available policies

Lists the current policies. Select a policy and click the Up or Down button to change its priority in the list.

Sys Name

Displays the system name of the assigned devices, or of the devices to which the assigned network element belongs. This column does not appear for source-destination pairs.

Name

Displays the names of the assigned network elements.

Device Folder

Displays the name of the device folder to which the device belongs, if relevant.

Fields for assigned devices only

Primary Device Name

Displays the main IP addresses or hostnames of the assigned devices.

Model

Displays the device models.

OS Version

Displays the versions of the operating system on the devices.

Mapped OS Version

Displays the OS versions that QPM uses to determine QoS capabilities that can be configured.

Status

Displays the status of the devices.

Fields for assigned interfaces and VLANs only

Type

Displays the types of interface.

Rate

Displays the interface rates.

Fields for assigned interfaces only

Card type

Displays the types of card on which the interface resides:

• VIP
  
  
• 1P2Q2T
  
  
• 2Q2T
  
  
• NA—This refers to other cards that do not affect the QoS capabilities of the policy group.
  
  

Description

Displays the descriptions of the assigned interfaces.

Fields for assigned VLANs only

Status

Displays the status of the assigned VLANs—operational, or suspended.

IP

Displays the IP address of the VLAN.

Fields for assigned VCs and DLCIs only

Interface Name

Displays the names of the interfaces to which the VCs or DLCIs belong.

Fields for assigned source-destination pairs only

Pair name

Displays the names of the source-destination pairs.

Source interface

Displays the source interfaces of the source-destination pairs.

Target interface

Displays the target interfaces of the source-destination pairs.

Action buttons

Add button

Click to assign a network element to the policy group. The Add Assignment dialog box opens. See Add Assignment Dialog Box for details.

Remove button

Click to remove the assignment of the selected network elements.

Sys Name

Displays the system names of devices. This column does not appear for source-destination pairs.

Name

Displays the names of network elements.

Policy Groups

Displays the names of the policy groups to which the network elements are assigned.

Device Folder

Displays the name of the device folder to which the device belongs, if relevant.

Fields for devices only

Primary Device Name

Displays the main IP addresses or hostnames of the devices.

Model

Displays the device models.

OS Version

Displays the versions of the operating system on the devices.

Mapped OS Version

Displays the OS versions that QPM uses to determine QoS capabilities that can be configured.

Status

Displays the status of the devices.

Fields for interfaces and VLANs only

Type

Displays the types of interface.

Rate

Displays the interface rates.

Fields for interfaces only

Card type

Displays the types of card on which the interface resides:

• VIP
  
  
• 1P2Q2T
  
  
• 2Q2T
  
  
• NA—This refers to other cards that do not affect the QoS capabilities of the policy group.
  
  

Description

Displays the descriptions of the interfaces.

Fields for VLANs only

Status

Displays the status of VLANs—operational, or suspended.

IP

Displays the IP address of the VLAN.

Fields for assigned VCs and DLCIs only

Interface Name

Displays the names of the interfaces to which the VCs or DLCIs belong.

Fields for source-destination pairs only

Pair name

Displays the names of the source-destination pairs.

Source interface

Displays the source interfaces of the source-destination pairs.

Target interface

Displays the target interfaces of the source-destination pairs.

Action buttons

Assign button

Click to assign a network element to the policy group.

Policy Group Name

The name of the policy group.

Policy Group Description

The description of the policy group.

Advanced

This field appears only when creating a policy group, and is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to expand the field. The options in this field offer alternative ways of defining the policy group or template:

• Continue with the wizard—This is the default and defines the device constraints using the wizard.
  
  
• Attach Policy Group Template —Uses a template to define the policy group's device constraints, QoS properties and policies. The template remains attached until disconnected, and any changes to the template affect the policy group.
  
  
• Select a template from the list box. Click View to display the template details in a separate browser window.
  
  
• Copy from Policy Group Template—Copies a template's device constraints, QoS properties, and policies. The template is not attached, and any changes to it do not affect the new policy group or template.
  
  
• Select a template from the list box. Click View to display the template details in a separate browser window.
  
  
• Copy from Policy group—Copies a policy group's device constraints, and optionally, its properties and policies.
  
  
• Select the source device group in the Device Group list box.
  
  
• Select the source deployment group in the Deployment Group list box.
  
  
• Select the policy group to copy in the Policy Group list box. Click View to display the policy group in a separate browser window.
  
  
• Select Copy policies and properties to copy the source policy group's policies and properties.
  
  
• Select Copy network element assignment to copy the source policy group's network element assignment. This field appears only if you are copying to a different deployment group in the same device group.
  
  

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step. If you chose Continue with wizard, the Constraints Definition page appears. Otherwise the QoS Properties page appears.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The QoS Properties page appears.

Constraint No.

Serial number of the device constraint definition.

Model

The device model number.

OS Version

The version of the device operating system software.

Compatible IOSs

The IOS versions that have compatible QoS capabilities with the specified OS version.

Interface Type

The type of interface.

Card Type

The type of card on which the interface or switch port resides.

Network Element

The type of network element, for example, device, or interface.

Define Manually button

Click this button to create a new device constraint definition manually. The Manual Constraint Definition page appears.

Define from Inventory button

Click this button to create a new device constraint definition from a set of selected network elements. The Define from Inventory page appears.

Edit button

Click to edit the selected constraint definition.

You cannot edit the network element type. If you want to change the network element type, you must create a new policy group.

Delete button

Click to delete the selected constraint definition.

A policy group must contain at least one constraint definition. You cannot delete a constraint definition if it is the only constraint definition for the policy group.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step. The Capabilities Report page appears.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The QoS Properties page appears.

Model

Select the device model.

OS version

Select the version of the operating system software running on the device.

Network element type

Select the type of network element, for example, device or interface.

After you create the first constraint in a policy group, you cannot change the network element type. All constraints in a policy group must be for the same network element type. If you want to change the network element type, you must create a new policy group.

Interface type

Select the type of interface, for example, Ethernet.

Card type

Select the type of card on which the interface or switch port resides:

• VIP
  
  
• 1P2Q2T
  
  
• 2Q2T
  
  
• NA—This refers to other cards that do not affect the QoS capabilities of the policy group.
  
  

Model

Select the device model.

Network element type

Select the type of network element, for example, device or interface.

After you create the first constraint in a policy group, you cannot change the network element type. All constraints in a policy group must be for the same network element type. If you want to change the network element type, you must create a new policy group.

Sys Name

Displays the system names of devices.

Name

Displays the names of network elements.

Fields for devices only

Primary Device Name

Displays the main IP addresses or hostnames of the devices.

Model

Displays the device models.

OS Version

Displays the versions of the operating system on the devices.

Mapped OS Version

Displays the OS versions that QPM uses to determine QoS capabilities that can be configured.

Status

Displays the status of the devices.

Fields for interfaces and VLANs only

Type

Displays the types of interface.

Rate

Displays the interface rates.

Fields for interfaces only

Card type

Displays the types of card on which the interface resides:

• VIP
  
  
• 1P2Q2T
  
  
• 2Q2T
  
  
• NA—This refers to other cards that do not affect the QoS capabilities of the policy group.
  
  

Description

Displays the descriptions of the interfaces.

Fields for VLANs only

Status

Displays the status of VLANs—operational, or suspended.

IP

Displays the IP address of the VLAN.

Fields for assigned VCs and DLCIs only

Interface Name

Displays the names of the interfaces to which the VCs or DLCIs belong.

Fields for source-destination pairs only

Pair name

Displays the names of the source-destination pairs.

Source interface

Displays the source interfaces of the source-destination pairs.

Target interface

Displays the target interfaces of the source-destination pairs.

Action buttons

Define Constraint button

Click to create a constraint definition from the selected network elements.

Capability

Lists all available QoS capabilities.

Capabilities Summary

Displays the summary of QoS capabilities for the policy group or template. These are the common capabilities for all device constraints.

Device Constraint columns

Each column displays the QoS capabilities available for a single device constraint definition.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Policy Groups QoS Properties page appears.

Select a scheduling method

Select a scheduling method for the policy group or template. Select Default scheduling to use the default scheduling method on the device.

Additional fields might appear according to the scheduling method you choose.

Packet size (optional)

(CQ only) The typical packet size, in bytes, that traverses the interface. QPM uses this value to calculate the byte size of the custom queues, the queues being a multiple of this packet size.

Queue limits (optional)

(PQ only) The limit for the number of packets allowed in each priority queue. After the limit is reached, packets are dropped.

Configure the distributed Weighted Fair Queuing properties (optional)

(dWFQ only)

• Aggregate Limit—The limit for the total number of packets allowed in all queues.
  
  
• Individual Limit—The limit for the number of packets allowed in each individual queue.
  
  

Configure the Fair Queuing properties (optional)

(FQ only)

• Aggregate Limit—The limit for the total number of packets allowed in all queues.
  
  
• Individual Limit—The limit for the number of packets allowed in each individual queue.
  
  

Configure the WFQ properties (optional)

(WFQ only, and only when the device constraints are defined for frame relay interfaces)

Enable FRTS—Select to enable FRTS. The following options are displayed:

• Discard Threshold—The number of messages allowed in a weighted fair queue. For high-bandwidth conversations, once this threshold is met, additional high-bandwidth messages are discarded.
  
  

The threshold can be from 1 to 4096.

• Dynamic Conversation—The number of dynamic queues to use for conversations that do not require special network services ("best-effort conversations").
  
  

The dynamic conversation can be 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, or 4096.

• Reservable Conversation—The number of reservable queues used for RSVP reserved conversations.
  
  

The reservable conversation can be from 0 to 100, unless you configure a fragment size for FRTS voice configuration, in which case the value can be from 2 to 100.

• Max Buffer Size [MAX.]—The maximum buffer size for the weighted fair queues, in number of messages. The buffer size can be from 0 to 4096.
  
  

Configure the transmit 1P2Q2T/2Q2T queues

(1P2Q2T/2Q2T only) These properties configure the transmit queues used for outbound traffic based on the IP precedence setting in the packets.

• Queue Length—The percentage of the port's bandwidth allocated to each queue. The minimum queue percentage is 1. The values for the queues must add up to 100%.
  
  

Although all characteristics of these queues have default values, you must configure all values to change any value.

• Weight—The relative weight for the queue. This weight is used to determine how much traffic is transmitted from the queue using the weighted round-robin (WRR) technique before servicing the next queue.
  
  

The weight is from 1 to 255. The higher the weight, the more traffic is transmitted from the queue before servicing the next queue.

For 1P2Q2T, Queue 3 does not have an associated weight because it is a strict priority queue that transmits traffic whenever it is detected.

Configure the transmit 1P2Q2T/2Q2T queues (continued)

• Threshold1—The percentage of the queue's bandwidth to use as the first threshold limit. In the mapping table, you assign traffic to this limit. Any assigned traffic that exceeds the limit is dropped.
  
  

Queue 3 does not have a threshold because it is a strict priority queue. Traffic is only dropped when this queue's buffer is 100% full.

Threshold 1 and 2 are not exclusive: they do not have to add up to 100.

• Threshold 2—The percentage of the queue's bandwidth to use as the second threshold limit. In the mapping table, you assign traffic to this limit. Any assigned traffic that exceeds the limit is dropped.
  
  

Queue 3 does not have a threshold because it is a strict priority queue. Traffic is only dropped when this queue's buffer is 100% full.

Threshold 2 is typically larger than threshold 1. The difference between threshold 2 and 1 is the amount of the queue's bandwidth that is exclusively reserved for threshold 2 traffic. For example, if threshold 2 is 100% and threshold 1 is 40%, 60% of the queue's bandwidth can be used only by traffic assigned to threshold 2.

Mappings button

(1P2Q2T/2Q2T only) Click to open the Mappings page to define the queues to which packets are assigned based on their marking.

CoS Mapping

(2Q1T queuing only) Each pair of CoS values is associated with either queue 1 or queue 2. For each pair of CoS values, select the queue to which packets with those CoS values will be directed.

Configure the weights of the 4 queues

(4Q1T queuing only)

Enter the weights for the WRR scheduling.

Map the packets to one of the 4 queues, based on the COS value of the packet

(4Q1T queuing only) Maps packets to queues, based on their CoS value:

• CoS Value—The CoS value to be mapped.
  
  
• Queues—Select the queue to which the CoS value is mapped.
  
  

Configure the transmit 4Q2T queues

(4Q2T only) These properties configure the transmit queues used for outbound traffic based on the IP precedence setting in the packets.

• Queue Length—The percentage of the port's bandwidth allocated to each queue.
  
  

The values for the queues must add up to 100%. Although all characteristics of these queues have default values, you must configure all values to change any value.

• Weight—The relative weight for the queue. This weight is used to determine how much traffic is transmitted from the queue using the weighted round-robin (WRR) technique before servicing the next queue.
  
  

The higher the weight, the more traffic is transmitted from the queue before servicing the next queue.

When Queue 4 is defined as a strict priority queue, it does not have an associated weight, because it transmits traffic whenever it is detected.

• Threshold—The percentage of the queue's bandwidth to use as a threshold limit. In the mapping table, you assign traffic to this limit. Any assigned traffic that exceeds the limit is dropped.
  
  

The default threshold is 100 percent for thresholds 1 and 2.

• RED/Tail—Choose the Drop method for each queue.
  
  

Is Priority

(4Q2T queuing only) Select this check box to configure Queue 4 as a strict priority queue, which will transmit traffic whenever it is detected.

Edit CoS Mappings button

(4Q2T queuing only) Click to open the CoS Mappings page to define the queues to which packets are assigned based on their CoS value.

Edit DSCP Mappings button

(4Q2T queuing only) Click to open the DSCP Mappings page to define the thresholds to which packets are assigned based on their DSCP value.

Configure the WRR queues

(WRR queuing only) These values configure the weights of the WRR queues used for an interface or pair of interfaces on layer 3 switches.

The weight implies a bandwidth for the queue, although the queue is not given an explicit bandwidth. The higher the weight, the higher the implied bandwidth. You can calculate the implied bandwidth using this equation:

where:

• W is the weight
  
  
• S is the sum of the weight on all active queues on the port
  
  
• B is the bandwidth for the port in Mbps
  
  
• n is the bandwidth for the queue in Mbps
  
  

For example, if the queue weight is 4, the sum of the queue weights is 15, and the bandwidth on the interface is 100 Mbps, then the bandwidth for the queue is 26 Mbps.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step in the wizard.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

CoS Value

The CoS value to be mapped.

Queue No.

Displays the queue to which the CoS value is mapped.

Threshold 1

Displays whether the CoS value is mapped to threshold 1.

Threshold 2

Displays whether the CoS value is mapped to threshold 2.

Create button

Click to create a new mapping. The 1P2Q2T Mapping dialog box appears. See 1P2Q2T/2Q2T Mapping Dialog Box.

Edit button

Click to edit a selected mapping. The 1P2Q2T Mapping dialog box appears. See 1P2Q2T/2Q2T Mapping Dialog Box.

Delete button

Click to delete selected mappings.

Done button

Click to return to the Congestion Management page.

Value

Select the CoS value to be mapped.

Queue No.

Select this radio button to assign the packets with the selected CoS value to either queue 1 or queue 2:

• Select the queue to which you want to map the CoS value.
  
  
• Select the threshold to which you want to map the CoS value.
  
  

Priority Queue

(1P2Q2T only) Select this radio button to assign the packets with the selected CoS value to the priority queue (queue 3). The priority queue does not have a threshold.

CoS Value

The CoS value to be mapped.

Queues

Select the queue to which the CoS value is mapped.

Done button

Click to return to the Congestion Management page.

DSCP

Displays all the DSCP values.

Threshold 1

Displays whether the DSCP value is mapped to threshold 1.

Threshold 2

Displays whether the DSCP value is mapped to threshold 2.

Edit button

Click to edit a selected mapping. The 4Q2T DSCP Mapping dialog box appears. See QoS Properties Wizard: 4Q2T DSCP Mapping Dialog Box.

Reset button

Click to delete the entire mappings configuration.

Done button

Click to return to the Congestion Management page.

Value

Select the CoS value to be mapped.

Threshold

Select a radio button to assign the packets with the selected DSCP value to either threshold 1 or threshold 2.

Frame Relay Traffic Shaping Properties

• Enable FRTS—Select this to use the rate control features of Frame Relay traffic shaping (FRTS).
  
  

Note   To configure FRTS on subinterfaces and DLCIs, you must also enable FRTS on the parent interfaces, without configuring any FRTS properties. See Configuring FRTS Policies for more information.

• Rate—The committed information rate (CIR), which is typically the rate you are committed to provide on the circuit. Enter the average kilobits per second rate for the virtual circuit or interface. The default is 56. The rate should be less than or equal to the rate of the interface.
  
  
• MinCIR—The minimum CIR (minCIR) value to be used when congestion occurs. The default minimum rate is half of the CIR. The actual bandwidth allocation during times of congestion is a percentage of the minimum rate, rather than a percentage of the CIR.
  
  
• Burst Size—Optionally, the sustained number of kilobits that can be transmitted per interval over the virtual circuit. The burst size can be from 0.3 to 16000. The default is 7.
  
  

The interval is determined by dividing the burst size by the rate. For example, if the rate is 128, and the burst size is 16, the interval is 0.125 seconds.

• Exceed Burst Size—Optionally, the maximum number of kilobits in excess of the burst size that can be transmitted during the first interval when congestion occurs. The exceed burst size can be from 0 to 16000. The default is 7.
  
  

Modular Shaping Properties

• Enable Modular Shaping—Select to enable shaping on all traffic flows on the interface.
  
  
• Shaping type—Choose the type of shaping action:
  
  
• Average—The interface sends no more than the committed burst (Bc) for each interval.
  
  
• Peak—The interface sends the committed burst (Bc) plus the excess burst (Be) in each interval.
  
  
• Rate (kbit/sec or ratio%)—The target average rate for the traffic, in kilobits per second, or as a percentage.
  
  
• Burst size (optional) KBits—The sustained number of kilobits that can be transmitted per interval over the interface. The interval is determined by dividing the burst size by the rate.
  
  
• Exceed Burst size (optional) KBits—The maximum number of kilobits in excess of the burst size that can be transmitted during the first interval when congestion occurs.
  
  

Adaptive Shaping Properties

• Adaptive Shaping—Select this check box to have the interface reduce the traffic rate when it is notified that congestion is occurring at other interfaces along the path.
  
  
• Rate—Specify the traffic rate to be used when the interface is notified about congestion.
  
  
• Mark traffic with FECN—Select this check box to use the forward explicit congestion notification (FECN) to adjust the traffic descriptors, to approximate the rate to the available bandwidth along the path.
  
  

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step in the wizard.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Configure IP RTP Priority properties

IP RTP Priority is mainly useful on interfaces whose speed is less than 1.544 Mbps. Voice typically uses 24 Kbps. However, IP RTP Priority ignores voice compression, so a 12 Kbps stream is treated like a 24 Kbps stream. Because of overhead, ensure that the bandwidth percentage you select accommodates at least 25 Kbps per call.

You can use the max-reserved-bandwidth IOS software command to change the maximum allocatable bandwidth.

• Port Range—The starting and ending RTP port numbers. RTP traffic for these ports is placed in the strict-priority queue. Other traffic is handled by the interface's standard queuing mechanism.
  
  

The start port can be 2000 or higher, and the end port can be 65536 or lower. The maximum range is 16383. There is no default port range, but the voice ports range is from 16384 to 32767.

• Bandwidth—The percentage of the interface's bandwidth for the strict-priority queue. All packets in the queue are transmitted before any other queues are handled.
  
  

To determine the bandwidth required, estimate the number of concurrent calls that must be supported on the interface, and multiply by 25 Kbps. Then divide by the interface's bandwidth to get the bandwidth percentage.

Do not set the bandwidth too low. Any traffic for the queue that exceeds the bandwidth is dropped. Although voice traffic typically uses 24 kbps, there is occasional overhead requiring 25 kbps service. If you select a bandwidth percentage that equates to 24 kbps, the interface is likely to drop voice packets occasionally, which will give you poor voice quality. Any unused bandwidth is available to the other queues on the interface.

The bandwidth can be between 0 and 75. There is no default. On interfaces configured with class-based QoS, this bandwidth is added to the combined queue bandwidths, and the total must be 75% or less.

IP RTP Header Compression Properties

• Enable IP RTP Header Compression—Select this to compress the IP/UDP/RTP header in an RTP data packet from 40 bytes to approximately two to five. This is typically used to help reduce delay for voice traffic.
  
  
• Passive—Select this to compress outgoing RTP packets only if incoming RTP packets on the same interface are compressed. Leaving this check box clear when Enable IP RTP Header Compression is selected will compress all RTP headers.
  
  

Link Fragmentation and Interleaving properties

• Enable LFI—Select this check box to reduce delay on slower-speed links for delay-sensitive traffic.
  
  
• Maximum delay—Enter the maximum fragmentation delay in milliseconds.
  
  

Voice configuration properties (FRF)

• Enable voice configuration—Select this check box to configure the bandwidth and fragmentation for Voice over Frame Relay. These settings help you ensure that real-time, delay-sensitive voice traffic can be carried over Frame Relay links.
  
  
• Bandwidth—The percentage of the bandwidth configured for minCIR on the interface to reserve for voice traffic.
  
  
• Fragment (optional)—The frame size, in bytes, used when fragmenting data frames, not including Frame Relay headers and fragmentation headers. Long data frames are fragmented and interleaved with real-time voice frames, so that data and voice can share the link while maintaining the required voice quality. Voice over Frame Relay frames are never fragmented.
  
  

The fragment size is in bytes, and can be from 16 to 1600. The default is 53 bytes.

Fragment is only available when you select WFQ or Class Based QoS for scheduling.

Configure Signaling Properties

• Enable RSVP—Select this to allow applications to make RSVP reservations on the interface. Some applications, such as VoIP, video, or audio broadcasts, use RSVP reservations to ensure that sufficient bandwidth is available at network devices along a traffic flow. This ensures that real-time traffic can flow through the network reliably, without delay and packet loss that can make the traffic flow useless.
  
  

When defined on interfaces configured with class-based QoS, RSVP and class-based QoS work independently, as if the other technique were not configured on the interface.

When configured on WFQ interfaces, RSVP provides guaranteed rate service, which is good for delay-sensitive applications like voice over IP.

When configured on WRED interfaces, RSVP provides controlled load service, which is good for adaptive real-time applications like the playback of a recorded conference call.

• UDP Encapsulation—Select this to have the interface produce a UDP-encapsulated multicast packet whenever it receives an IP-encapsulated multicast packet. If you do not select this field, the interface only uses UDP-encapsulated packets if it receives a UDP-encapsulated RSVP message (some hosts depend on the router to initiate UDP-encapsulation). The interface uses the 224.0.0.14 multicast address and UDP port 1699.
  
  
• Individual Limit—The percentage of the interface's bandwidth that one traffic flow can reserve. The single flow limit can be from 1 to the aggregate limit. The default is 75.
  
  
• Aggregate Limit—The percentage of the interface's bandwidth that all traffic flows combined can reserve. The aggregate limit can be from 1 to 75. The default is 75.
  
  

Note   You must understand the bandwidth requirements of the RSVP-enabled applications on your network to make reasonable bandwidth settings.

Set QoS style

• Enable QoS style—Select this to choose the type of QoS configuration, for ports or for VLANs.
  
  
• VLAN-based—Select this when you want to configure VLAN-based policies on the ports.
  
  

When you choose this option, do not define policies in this policy group. You must create an additional policy group for the VLAN, containing the policies for the VLAN. See Configuring VLAN Policies for more information.

• Port-based—Select this when you want to configure port-based policies.
  
  

Configure the Trust state properties

Enable Trust state—Select this to enable the trust state for the Catalyst switch port. The trust state affects how frames are marked when they enter the port.

• Untrusted—Change the frame's class of service (CoS) and type of service (ToS) values to the ones defined for the port.
  
  

This is the switch's default trust state.

• Trust CoS—Trust the CoS value on the packet and use it to change the packet's ToS value.
  
  
• Trust DSCP—Trust the packet's DSCP values without change.
  
  
• Trust IP Precedence—Trust the IP precedence value in the ToS byte.
  
  

Configure the Trust-ext properties

Enable Trust-ext—Select to enable the trust extension settings for the Catalyst switch ports. These settings effectively extend the trust boundary of the switch to the IP phone and determine how packets at the trust extension boundary are marked.

• Untrusted—Negate the existing CoS settings. This is useful for a VoIP network where you have a PC-IP phone-Cat6K setup. To ensure that data from the PC gets no priority, you can set the trust extension to untrusted and then change CoS value of VoIP traffic to 5 and data traffic to 0. This ensures highest priority for voice traffic.
  
  
• Trust CoS—Trust the packet's existing CoS value.
  
  

Set TX Ring

Enable Tx Ring—Select to configure the size of the transmit rings (Tx-ring), which are buffer control structures for transmitting packets. The primary reason to adjust the transmit ring is to reduce latency caused by queuing.

• Buffer Size—Enter the buffer size of the transmit ring. This value should be small enough to avoid introducing latency due to queuing, but large enough to avoid drops, and a resulting impact to TCP-based flows.
  
  

Set inline power

Enable Inline Power—Select this to implement inline power on power-enabled Ethernet line cards.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step in the wizard.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Enable WRED

Select the check box to enable WRED.

WRED Weight

Enter the factor used to determine the rate at which packets are dropped when traffic congestion occurs. The weight must be between 1 and 16.

Value

The IP precedence value in the packet, or RSVP if it is part of an RSVP flow.

Min. Threshold

The minimum number of packets held in the queue. When the average queue length falls between the minimum and maximum thresholds, packets are dropped based on the probability denominator. If the average queue size is lower than the minimum threshold, all packets are queued.

Max. Threshold

The maximum threshold for the queue. When the average queue length exceeds the maximum threshold, all new packets for the queue are dropped until the queue drops below the maximum threshold.

Probability Denominator

The denominator for the number of packets that are dropped if the queue length reaches the minimum threshold. The higher the denominator, the fewer packets are dropped from the queue.

Create button

Click to create a new WRED mapping. The Mapping Editing dialog box opens. See WRED Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Edit button

Click to edit the selected WRED mapping. The Mapping Editing dialog box opens. See WRED Mapping Dialog Box for details.

Delete button

Click to delete the selected WRED mapping.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step in the wizard.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Value

Select the value for which you want to define threshold values—an IP precedence value, or RSVP.

Precedence values that do not have settings are handled using default values.

Min. Threshold

The minimum number of packets held in the queue. When the average queue length falls between the minimum and maximum thresholds, packets are dropped based on the probability denominator. If the average queue size is lower than the minimum threshold, all packets are queued.

The minimum threshold in QPM can be from 1 to 4096. The default minimum threshold for precedence 0 is half the maximum threshold. The default minimums for the remaining values fall at even intervals between this value and the max threshold.

The average queue size is based on the current size of the queue, the last calculated average queue size, and the WRED weighting factor for the interface. See the IOS software documentation for the exact formula.

Max. Threshold

The maximum threshold for the queue. When the average queue length exceeds the maximum threshold, all new packets for the queue are dropped until the queue drops below the max threshold.

The maximum threshold must be larger than the minimum threshold up to 4096. The default is based on the output buffer capacity of the device and the speed of the interface.

Probability Denominator

The denominator for the number of packets that are dropped if the queue length reaches the minimum threshold. The higher the denominator, the fewer packets are dropped from the queue.

The probability denominator can be from 1 to 65536. The default is 10, that is, one packet in every 10 is dropped from a queue once the minimum threshold is reached.

The higher you set the probability denominator, the higher the chance that the maximum threshold will be reached.

Properties Summary

Displays a summary of each of the configured QoS properties.

Back button

Click to return to the previous page in the wizard, if you want to make changes.

Finish button

Click to finish the QoS Properties wizard and return to the QoS Properties page.

Policy Name

The name of the policy

Description

The description of the policy

Type of Policy

Select the type of policy you want to create:

• QoS Policy—Contains a filter and actions.
  
  
• Access Control Policy—Contains only a filter.
  
  

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step. The Filter page appears.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Select how to define traffic type for policy

• Create a new filter—Select to define a new filter for the policy.
  
  
• Class Default—Select to define a policy for all traffic that does not match any policy filter in the policy group.
  
  

When you cannot define a class default policy, the New Filter check box is selected by default. When you cannot define a new filter, the Class Default check box is selected by default.

Filter name

Enter a name for the filter. This name is used for class-based policies when the filter conditions are translated into CLI commands.

Filter Rules table

Displays the rules defined for the filter.

Create button

Click to create a new rule for the filter. The Rule Setting page appears.

Edit button

Click to edit a selected rule. The Rule Setting page appears.

Delete button

Click to delete a selected rule.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step in the wizard to define a policy action.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Does not match check box

Select this check box if the flow should not match all the specified conditions in the rule.

Deny check box

Select this check box to deny traffic that matches the conditions in the rule.

Application

Application that produces the traffic, identified by Network-based Application Recognition (NBAR). Click Edit to edit the NBAR properties used to define the filter condition. The Application dialog box opens. See Application Dialog Box for details.

When you define a condition using NBAR, the Protocol condition is disabled.

Protocol

The traffic protocol. Click Edit to edit the protocol parameters. The Protocol dialog box opens. See Protocol Dialog Box for details.

When you define a Protocol condition, the NBAR condition is disabled.

Source IP

The source address of the packet. Click Edit to edit the source IP parameters. The Source IP dialog box opens. See Source IP / Destination IP Dialog Box for details.

Destination IP

The destination address of the packet. Click Edit to edit the destination IP parameters. The Destination IP dialog box opens. See Source IP / Destination IP Dialog Box for details.

Service

The IP precedence or DSCP value of the packets. Click Edit to edit the service parameters. The Service dialog box opens. See Service Dialog Box for details.

CoS

The CoS value of the packets. Click Edit to edit the CoS parameters. The CoS dialog box opens. See CoS Dialog Box for details.

MPLS

The MPLS value of the packets. Click Edit to edit the MPLS parameters. The MPLS dialog box opens. See MPLS Dialog Box for details.

IP-RTP

The IP RTP ports used by the packets. Click Edit to edit the IP RTP port range. The IP-RTP Port Range dialog box opens. See IP-RTP Port Range Dialog Box for details.

Done button

Click this button when you have defined all conditions in the rule. The Filter page appears displaying the new rule.

NBAR Application

Select the NBAR protocol for filtering.

Edit the NBAR parameters

Parameter—Select a parameter for the selected protocol.

Value—Enter a value for the selected parameter.

Add button—Click to add the NBAR parameter to the NBAR condition.

Remove button—Click to remove the selected NBAR parameter from the NBAR condition.

Parameters list—Displays the NBAR parameters in the NBAR condition.

Delete button

Click to delete the NBAR condition from the current rule.

From Library

Select this radio button to define a protocol condition from the QPM Applications library.

Choose a source and /or destination protocol from the QPM Applications library:

• Source—Select the source protocol.
  
  
• Destination—Select the destination protocol.
  
  

Manually Defined

Select this radio button to define the protocol condition manually.

• Protocol—Define the protocol in one of the following ways:
  
  
• Enter the number or name of the protocol used by the packets. Valid protocol numbers are 0 through 255. Valid names appear in the Protocol list.
  
  
• Click the Protocol button, and select a protocol from the Protocol list.
  
  
• Source TCP/UDP port or range—Enter the TCP or UDP port number or range of ports from which the packets originate.
  
  
• Save protocol and source ports in library—Select to save the protocol definition in the Applications library.
  
  
• Application Alias Name—Enter a name for the application alias.
  
  
• Destination TCP/UDP port or range—Enter the destination TCP or UDP port number or range of the packets.
  
  
• Save protocol and destination ports in library—Select to save the protocol definition in the Applications library.
  
  
• Application Alias Name—Enter a name for the application alias.
  
  

Delete button

Click to delete the current protocol definition from the filter rule.

IP Address / Host name list

Select this radio button to define manually a set of IP addresses for the source or destination traffic:

• IP/ host—The IP address or hostname of a network host:
  
  
• Select the Host check box when you enter a host name.
  
  
• Leave the Host check box empty when you enter an IP address.
  
  
• Mask—The subnet mask for the specified IP address.
  
  
• Add button—Click to add the IP definition to the IP list.
  
  
• Remove button—Click to remove the selected IP definition from the IP list.
  
  
• IP list—Displays the IP addresses in the current IP condition.
  
  
• Save list in library—Select the check box to save the IP list in the IP aliases library. Enter the name of the alias in the IP Alias name field.
  
  

IP Alias

Select this radio button to use an IP alias from the IP aliases library:

• Select an alias—Choose an IP alias from the library.
  
  
• View button—Click to view details of the displayed IP alias.
  
  

Delete button

Click to delete the current IP condition from the filter rule.

Value

The IP precedence or DSCP value of the packets.

Delete button

Click to delete the current service condition in the filter rule.

CoS

The CoS value of the packets.

Delete button

Click to delete the current CoS condition in the filter rule.

MPLS

Select one or more MPLS values for the MPLS condition.

Delete button

Click to delete the current MPLS condition in the filter rule.

Port Range

Enter the first and last port in the port range in the From and To fields.

Delete button

Click to delete the current IP-RTP Port Range condition in the filter rule.

Enable Marking

Select to enable marking actions.

This check box will automatically be selected after you define settings in this page.

Select the packet marking

• Value—Specify the IP precedence or DSCP value to mark the matching packets.
  
  
• Trust—Select how to trust the existing marking on matching packets:
  
  
• trust-cos—Trust the existing CoS value
  
  
• trust-ipprec—Trust the existing IP precedence value
  
  
• trust-dscp—Trust the existing DSCP value
  
  

Note   The available trust options depend on the policy group constraints.

• Mark Trust Ext—Select how to extend the trust on matching packets:
  
  
• IP precedence values—Select an IP precedence value from 0 to 7.
  
  
• Trust CoS—Trust the packet's existing CoS value.
  
  
• CoS—Specify the CoS value to mark the matching packets.
  
  

Mark MPLS

The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) experimental value defines the priority for packets as they travel through the MPLS network. The MPLS experimental value does not overwrite the IP precedence value in the IP header.

Select the MPLS value to mark the matching packets.

Frame relay DE-Bit

Select this check box to set the Discard Eligibility (DE) bit to 1. If congestion occurs in a frame relay network, frames with the DE bit set at 1 are discarded before frames with the DE bit set at 0. The default setting is 0.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next Actions page.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Enable Microflow Policing

Select to enable policing actions on single flows.

This check box will automatically be selected after you define settings in this page.

Rate

The target average rate for the traffic that the policy covers in kilobits per second.

Enter the desired rate limit.

Burst size

The amount of kilobytes allowed to the traffic flow to accommodate bursty traffic.

The minimum burst size is the rate divided by 2000. The recommended burst size is greater than the normal rate.

Conform action

Select one of the following actions for traffic flows that conform to the normal rate limit:

• Transmit—Transmits the packet.
  
  
• Drop—Drops the packet.
  
  
• Mark and transmit—Marks the packet according to the specified IP precedence or DSCP value, and then transmits.
  
  
• Mark with— Select the value to mark the packet.
  
  
• Trust—Marks the packet according to the trust setting in the Trust Value field:
  
  
• Trust Value—Select the trust value for the action.
  
  

Exceed action

Select one of the following actions for traffic flows that exceed the normal rate limit:

• Transmit—Transmits the flow.
  
  
• Drop—Drops the flow.
  
  
• Mark and transmit—Marks the flow according to the specified IP precedence or DSCP value, and then transmits.
  
  
• Mark with— Select the value to mark the flow.
  
  
• Markdown—Reduces the marking value of the flow according to the markdown table definitions for the device.
  
  

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next Actions page.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Type of policing

Select the type of policing:

• Aggregate—Define rate limits and policing actions for aggregate flows on an interface.
  
  
• Cross-interface—Define rate limits and policing actions for aggregate flows across several interfaces.
  
  

Enable Policing / Enable Cross aggregate Policing

Select to enable the selected type of policing actions on aggregate flows.

This check box will automatically be selected after you define settings in this page.

Rate

The average rate for the traffic that the policy covers in kilobits per second.

Burst Size

The amount of kilobytes allowed to the traffic flow to accommodate bursty traffic.

The minimum burst size is the rate divided by 2000. The recommended burst size is greater than the normal rate.

Exceed Burst

The amount of kilobytes allowed to the traffic flow to accommodate bursty traffic in excess of the normal burst size.

The recommended exceed burst size is greater than the burst size.

Exceed Rate

(Two-rate policing only) The maximum rate for traffic that is in excess of the normal rate.

Conform action

Select one of the following actions for traffic flows that conform to the normal rate limit:

• Transmit—Transmits the flow.
  
  
• Drop—Drops the flow.
  
  
• Mark and transmit—Marks the flow according to the specified IP precedence or DSCP value, and then transmits.
  
  
• Mark with— Select the value to mark the flow.
  
  
• Continue—Select to specify that subsequent policies should be examined after the policing policy is applied. Ensure that the policing policy appears before the subsequent policies in the policy group's policy table.
  
  
• Trust—Marks the packet according to the trust setting in the Trust Value field:
  
  
• Trust Value—Select the trust value for the action.
  
  
• Markdown—Reduces the marking value of the traffic according to the markdown table definitions for the device.
  
  

Exceed action

Select one of the following actions for traffic flows that exceeds the normal rate limit:

• Transmit—Transmits the flow.
  
  
• Drop—Drops the flow.
  
  
• Mark and transmit—Marks the flow according to the specified IP precedence or DSCP value, and then transmits.
  
  
• Mark with—Select the value to mark the flow.
  
  
• Continue—Select to specify that subsequent policies should be examined after the policing policy is applied. Ensure that the policing policy appears before the subsequent policies in the policy group's policy table.
  
  
• Markdown—Reduces the marking value of the traffic according to the markdown table definitions for the device.
  
  

Violate Action

(Single-rate policing) The action to be performed for traffic that violates the normal and excess burst sizes.

(Dual-rate policing) The action to be performed for traffic that exceeds the Excess Rate.

• Transmit—Transmits the flow.
  
  
• Drop—Drops the flow.
  
  
• Mark and transmit—Marks the flow according to the specified IP precedence or DSCP value, and then transmits.
  
  
• Mark with— Select the value to mark the flow.
  
  
• Continue—Select to specify that subsequent policies should be examined after the policing policy is applied. Ensure that the policing policy appears before the subsequent policies in the policy group's policy table.
  
  
• Markdown—Marks the flow according to the policy group's markdown table definitions.
  
  

(If the Violate Action option is specified, the token bucket algorithm works with two token buckets, and the Excess rate must be specified.)

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next Actions page.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Enable Shaping

Select to enable shaping actions in the policy.

This check box will automatically be selected after you define settings in this page.

Shaping type

Choose the type of shaping action:

• Peak—The interface sends the committed burst (Bc) plus the excess burst (Be) in each interval.
  
  
• Average—The interface sends no more than the committed burst (Bc) for each interval.
  
  

Rate

The target average rate for the traffic that the policy covers, in kilobits per second.

Burst Size (optional)

The sustained number of kilobits that can be transmitted per interval over the interface.

The interval is determined by dividing the burst size by the rate.

Excess Burst (optional)

The maximum number of kilobits in excess of the burst size that can be transmitted during the first interval when congestion occurs.

Adaptive Shaping

(Frame relay interfaces only)

• Enable—Select this check box to have the interface reduce the traffic rate when it is notified that congestion is occurring at other interfaces along the path.
  
  
• Rate—Specify the traffic rate to be used when the interface is notified about congestion.
  
  
• Mark traffic with FECN—Select this check box to use the forward explicit congestion notification (FECN) to adjust the traffic descriptors, to approximate the rate to the available bandwidth along the path.
  
  

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next Actions page.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Specify the priority of the traffic

(Class-based QoS)

Enable Priority (LLQ)—Select this check box to create a strict priority queue, for example, for voice traffic.

• Optional burst—Enter a burst value in bytes, if required.
  
  

Specify bandwidth allocation

(Class-based QoS)

Enable Bandwidth allocation—Select to define a queuing action.

• Bandwidth—Enter the minimum guaranteed rate or percentage of the interface's bandwidth you want to allocate to the traffic in the Bandwidth field. Unless you change the maximum allocatable bandwidth on the interface, the value must between 1% to 75%, and the total allocation of all class-based QoS policies in the policy group must not exceed 75%. If the interface is on a VIP card, the upper limit is 99%.
  
  
• Kbits/sec or Ratio—Select whether to define the bandwidth as a rate or percentage.
  
  

Note   You cannot mix unit type within a policy group. In a single policy group, all policies must use only Kbits/sec or only Ratio.

Set WFQ Properties

Enable WFQ—Select this check box to use WFQ. One of the following fields is displayed.

• Number of Queues—The number of hashed queues to be reserved for the default class policy. Traffic that ends up in the default class is placed in one of these queues and serviced using WFQ. The number can be from 16 to 4096. There is no default.
  
  
• Individual Queue Limit—The limit on the number of packets that can be held in each queue after the queue limit (for Tail drop) is reached. If a queue has exceeded the individual limit during a congestion event, packets are not dropped from the queue, but additional packets are not added until the queue is beneath the individual limit. The limit can be from 1 to 32768. This field is displayed for filtered traffic on VIP cards.
  
  

Specify the priority of the traffic

(Priority Queuing only)

Enable Priority—Select this check box to create a policy that directs traffic to a priority queue.

• Select the priority queue to which filtered traffic should be directed. These strict-priority queues are serviced from the highest to lowest queue, with higher queues being emptied before lower queues are serviced, in this order:
  
  

If you do not create a class default policy, unfiltered traffic is placed in the normal queue.

Specify bandwidth allocation

(Custom Queuing (CQ) only)

Enable Bandwidth allocation—Select to define a queuing action.

• Bandwidth—Enter the rate or percentage of the interface's bandwidth you want to allocate to the traffic in the Bandwidth field.
  
  

The percentage value can be from 5% to 95%, and the total allocation of all custom queue policies on the interface or device group must not exceed 95%. The remaining 5% is used for unfiltered traffic.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next Actions page.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Enable Congestion Avoidance

Select this check box to enable drop actions in the policy.

This check box will automatically be selected after you define settings in this page.

Type of drop mechanism

• Tail drop—All packets are treated equally. Enter the queue limit.
  
  
• WRED—Uses the precedence setting in the packets to selectively drop low priority packets before high priority packets. Specify the weight used to determine the length of the queues (Cisco recommends 10). See WRED Mapping Dialog Box for information about WRED mapping settings.
  
  

Back button

Click to return to the previous step in the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step in the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The Summary page appears.

Policy Summary

Displays a summary of the policy definition.

Back button

Click to return to the previous page in the wizard, if you want to make changes.

Finish button

Click to finish the Policy wizard and return to the Policies page.

Sys Name

System name of device.

Primary Device Name

The main IP address or hostname of the device.

Model

Device model.

OS Version

Version of the operating system on the device.

Mapped OS Version

OS version that QPM uses to determine QoS capabilities that can be configured.

Status

Status of the device.

Translate button

Click to display the translation for the selected devices. The Translation page appears.

Sys Name

System name of device.

Primary Device Name

The main IP address or hostname of the device.

Model

Device model.

OS Version

Version of the operating system on the device.

Mapped OS Version

OS version that QPM uses to determine QoS capabilities that can be configured.

Policy Group

Policy groups to which the device is assigned.

Upload button

Click to start the upload operation. A dialog box opens informing you that the upload operation has started. See Upload Dialog Box.

View button

Click to display the Upload Reports page.

Continue button

Click to display the Policy Groups page to continue editing policy groups and policies.

Tell me more...

Click this link to open an information window describing how the wizard configures QoS for IP telephony.

Before you run the wizard for the first time...

Click this link if you are running the wizard for the first time. A window opens, prompting you to check the following:

   a. If you opened the wizard before adding or importing your devices into QPM's device inventory:

• Click Cancel to exit the wizard.
  
  
• Add/import your network devices to the device inventory.
  
  
• Select Configure > IP Telephony to reopen the Introduction page of the wizard.
  
  

   b. Check if your devices support voice QoS by viewing the Voice Ready report. You can open this report in one of the following ways:

• Click the Voice Ready Report link in step 2 of the wizard.
  
  
• Select Reports > IP Telephony.
  
  

Deployment Group

Select the required deployment group from the list box, if it isn't already displayed.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step. The IP Telephony wizard—Select IP Telephony Devices page appears.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The IP Telephony wizard—End page appears.

Voice Ready Report

Click this link to open a Voice Ready report to check if your devices are ready for QoS voice configuration.

Tell me more...

Click this link to open an information window describing global device configuration for Catalyst switches.

Display Configuration Info.

Select this check box to view summary information about the assignments made in this configuration step of the wizard.

Deselect this check box if you don't want to view the assignments summary at this configuration step of the wizard.

System Name

Displays the system name of the device.

IP Address

Displays the IP address of the device.

Model

Displays the device model.

OS

Displays the version of the operating system on the device.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step of the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step.

If you selected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the IP Telephony wizard—Assignment Summary page appears for this configuration step.

If you deselected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the voice policy groups and the network element assignments for the current voice role will be saved to the deployment group, and the next configuration step of the wizard will appear.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The IP Telephony wizard—End page appears.

Name

Displays the name of the voice policy group.

Click the Name link to view the properties and policies that are configured for the voice policy group. The General page opens for the voice policy group, in read-only mode. You cannot edit any of the properties and policies for the voice policy group.

Description

Displays a description of the voice policy group.

New Network Elements

Displays the number of network elements that were newly assigned to the voice policy group.

Click the New Network Elements number link to view a list of the network elements that were newly assigned to the voice policy group.

Back button

Click to return to the previous page (selection step) to change your selection and assignments for the current voice role.

Next button

Click to save the voice policy groups and the network element assignments made for the current voice role to the deployment group, and proceed to the next selection step of the wizard.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The IP Telephony wizard—End page appears.

Description

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open a description of the QoS policies that will be configured on the interfaces for the IP Phone voice role.

Advanced

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open the Advanced section of the configuration step page, which provides the following two buttons:

• Remove—Click this button to open a page in which you can remove network elements that were assigned for a voice role. This option lets you change your selection of network elements after they have been assigned to voice policy groups. The wizard removes the assignment of selected elements from the voice policy group.
  
  
• Recommend—If QPM recommended rules are available for a specific voice role, clicking this button activates the wizard to accept the recommended selection of network elements for the current voice role. A list of the rules for the current voice role is displayed.
  
  

Selection Table

This section is expanded by default. It displays the table in which you select the network elements for QoS configuration.

You can collapse this section, if required, by clicking the triangle.

Display Configuration Info.

Select this check box to view summary information about the assignments made in this configuration step of the wizard.

Deselect this check box if you don't want to view the assignments summary at this configuration step of the wizard.

Name

Displays the interface or switch port name.

Type

Displays the interface or switch port type.

Description

Displays the interface or switch port description.

Card Type

Displays the type of card on which the interface or switch port resides.

Rate

Displays the interface or switch port rate.

Device Name

Displays the system name of the device.

Voice Role

Displays the voice role associated with the voice policy groups to which the interface or switch port is currently assigned.

Peer Model

Displays the neighboring interface's device name.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step of the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step.

If you selected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the IP Telephony wizard—Assignment Summary page appears for this configuration step.

If you deselected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the voice policy groups and the network element assignments for the current voice role will be saved to the deployment group, and the next configuration step of the wizard will appear.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The IP Telephony wizard—End page appears.

Name

Displays the network element name.

Type

Displays the network element type.

Description

Displays the network element description.

Card Type

Displays the type of card on which the network element resides.

Rate

Displays the network element rate.

Device Name

Displays the system name of the device to which the network element belongs.

Peer Model

Displays the neighboring interface's device name.

Remove button

Click to remove a selected network element(s) from the list, and close the page.

Description

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open a description of the QoS policies that will be configured on the interfaces for the SoftPhone voice role.

Advanced

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open the Advanced section of the configuration step page, which provides the following two buttons:

• Remove—Click this button to open a page in which you can remove network elements that were assigned for a voice role. This option lets you change your selection of network elements after they have been assigned to voice policy groups. The wizard removes the assignment of selected elements from the voice policy group.
  
  
• Recommend—If QPM recommended rules are available for a specific voice role, clicking this button activates the wizard to accept the recommended selection of network elements for the current voice role. A list of the rules for the current voice role is displayed.
  
  

Selection Table

This section is expanded by default. It displays the table in which you select the network elements for QoS configuration.

You can collapse this section, if required, by clicking the triangle.

Display Configuration Info.

Select this check box to view summary information about the assignments made in this configuration step of the wizard.

Deselect this check box if you don't want to view the assignments summary at this configuration step of the wizard.

Name

Displays the interface or switch port name.

Type

Displays the interface or switch port type.

Description

Displays the interface or switch port description.

Card Type

Displays the type of card on which the interface or switch port resides.

Rate

Displays the interface or switch port rate.

Device Name

Displays the system name of the device.

Voice Role

Displays the voice role associated with the voice policy groups to which the interface or switch port is currently assigned.

Peer Model

Displays the neighboring interface's device name.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step of the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step.

If you selected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the IP Telephony wizard—Assignment Summary page appears for this configuration step.

If you deselected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the voice policy groups and the network element assignments for the current voice role will be saved to the deployment group, and the next configuration step of the wizard will appear.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The IP Telephony wizard—End page appears.

Description

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open a description of the QoS policies that will be configured on the interfaces for the CallManager voice role.

Advanced

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open the Advanced section of the configuration step page, which provides the following two buttons:

• Remove—Click this button to open a page in which you can remove network elements that were assigned for a voice role. This option lets you change your selection of network elements after they have been assigned to voice policy groups. The wizard removes the assignment of selected elements from the voice policy group.
  
  
• Recommend—If QPM recommended rules are available for a specific voice role, clicking this button activates the wizard to accept the recommended selection of network elements for the current voice role. A list of the rules for the current voice role is displayed.
  
  

Selection Table

This section is expanded by default. It displays the table in which you select the network elements for QoS configuration.

You can collapse this section, if required, by clicking the triangle.

Display Configuration Info.

Select this check box to view summary information about the assignments made in this configuration step of the wizard.

Deselect this check box if you don't want to view the assignments summary at this configuration step of the wizard.

Name

Displays the interface or switch port name.

Type

Displays the interface or switch port type.

Description

Displays the interface or switch port description.

Card Type

Displays the type of card on which the interface or switch port resides.

Rate

Displays the interface or switch port rate.

Device Name

Displays the system name of the device.

Voice Role

Displays the voice role associated with the voice policy groups to which the interface or switch port is currently assigned.

Peer Model

Displays the neighboring interface's device name.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step of the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step.

If you selected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the IP Telephony wizard—Assignment Summary page appears for this configuration step.

If you deselected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the voice policy groups and the network element assignments for the current voice role will be saved to the deployment group, and the next configuration step of the wizard will appear.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The IP Telephony wizard—End page appears.

Description

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open a description of the QoS policies that will be configured on the interfaces for the IntraLAN voice role.

Advanced

This section is collapsed by default. Click the triangle to open the Advanced section of the configuration step page, which provides the following two buttons:

• Remove—Click this button to open a page in which you can remove network elements that were assigned for a voice role. This option lets you change your selection of network elements after they have been assigned to voice policy groups. The wizard removes the assignment of selected elements from the voice policy group.
  
  
• Recommend—If QPM recommended rules are available for a specific voice role, clicking this button activates the wizard to accept the recommended selection of network elements for the current voice role. A list of the rules for the current voice role is displayed.
  
  

Selection Table

This section is expanded by default. It displays the table in which you select the network elements for QoS configuration.

You can collapse this section, if required, by clicking the triangle.

Display Configuration Info.

Select this check box to view summary information about the assignments made in this configuration step of the wizard.

Deselect this check box if you don't want to view the assignments summary at this configuration step of the wizard.

Name

Displays the interface name.

Type

Displays the interface type.

Description

Displays the interface description.

Card Type

Displays the type of card on which the interface resides.

Rate

Displays the interface rate.

Device Name

Displays the system name of the device.

Voice Role

Displays the voice role associated with the voice policy groups to which the interface is currently assigned.

Peer Model

Displays the neighboring interface's device name.

Back button

Click to return to the previous step of the wizard.

Next button

Click to proceed to the next step.

If you selected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the IP Telephony wizard—Assignment Summary page appears for this configuration step.

If you deselected the Display Configuration Info. check box, the voice policy groups and the network element assignments for the current voice role will be saved to the deployment group, and the next configuration step of the wizard will appear.

Finish button

Click to complete the wizard. The IP Telephony wizard—End page appears.