topic Attaching service-policy to the ACE module in Application Networking https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675457#M33764 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello</P><P></P><P>ok, thanks</P><P></P><P>Does it have any influence on the ACE's performance?</P><P></P><P>Which one is more recommended by Cisco regarding best practices?</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P><P>Lukas</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:38:36 GMT lukaszkhalil 2011-06-27T13:38:36Z Attaching service-policy to the ACE module https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675455#M33762 <P>Hello</P><P></P><P>I got confused when I was reading the ACE module config guide. In the part regarding the service-policy attachment there is information that </P><P></P><P>"The ACE allows only one policy of a specific feature type to be activated on a given interface", so I understand it as that I am not allowed to attach two LB service-polices to the same interface.</P><P></P><P>When I moved further I found an example, where two LB service-policies are applied to the same interface</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">policy-map multi-match LB-TRAFFIC-80</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">class VIP-ACCESS-MANAGER-80</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">loadbalance vip inservice</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">loadbalance policy POLICY-ACCESS-MANAGER-80</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">loadbalance vip icmp-reply active</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">policy-map multi-match LB-TRAFFIC-ANY</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">class VIP-ACCESS-MANAGER-ANY</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">loadbalance vip inservice</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">loadbalance policy POLICY-ACCESS-MANAGER-ANY</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">loadbalance vip icmp-reply active</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">interface vlan 758</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">description CLIENT-SIDE-VLAN</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">bridge-group 100</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">access-group input ALL</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">service-policy input LB-TRAFFIC-80</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">service-policy input LB-TRAFFIC-ANY</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;">no shutdown</SPAN></P><P></P><P>So my question is, which statement is true and is recommended by the best practices ?</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance for any help</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Lucas</P> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:48:50 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675455#M33762 lukaszkhalil 2011-06-20T07:48:50Z Attaching service-policy to the ACE module https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675456#M33763 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Lucas, </P><P></P><P>The documentation is a bit misleading on that point. What this phrase refers to is to those policy types that are mutually exclusive. In reality, this just applies to the management policy</P><P></P><P>For multi-match policies, it is allowed to have several applied on the same interfaces. </P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P><P>Daniel</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:28:32 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675456#M33763 Daniel Arrondo Ostiz 2011-06-20T09:28:32Z Attaching service-policy to the ACE module https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675457#M33764 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello</P><P></P><P>ok, thanks</P><P></P><P>Does it have any influence on the ACE's performance?</P><P></P><P>Which one is more recommended by Cisco regarding best practices?</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P><P>Lukas</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:38:36 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675457#M33764 lukaszkhalil 2011-06-27T13:38:36Z Attaching service-policy to the ACE module https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675458#M33765 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Lukas,</P><P></P><P>Both options are equivalent, so, I don't think there is any official recommendation for one or the other. Personally, I think the best approach is using one multi-match policy per vlan with all the classes in there, because this way the configuration is quite easy to read. </P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P><P>Daniel</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:25:54 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675458#M33765 Daniel Arrondo Ostiz 2011-06-29T09:25:54Z Attaching service-policy to the ACE module https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675459#M33766 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok, thank you</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P><P>Lukas</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:29:11 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/attaching-service-policy-to-the-ace-module/m-p/1675459#M33766 lukaszkhalil 2011-06-29T09:29:11Z