QoS on ASA 5510

[forman102]

Hi all,

One of my vendors is testing communication from the inside of my network to their Internet server. There was a complain about high response times during peak hours. I'm trying to find a way to improve it. Is there a way to prioritize this traffic or perhaps reserve bandwidth? I'm reading Cisco documentation regarding traffic shaping and figured that I can create the following class and policy map (let's assume that vendors server is @ 60.60.60.60

asa(config)# access-list AL-VENDOR permit tcp any host 60.60.60.60

asa(config)# class-map CM-VENDOR

asa(config-cmap)# match access-list AL-VENDOR

asa(config)# policy-map PM-VENDOR
asa(config-pmap)# class CM-VENDOR
asa(config-pmap-c)#  ??? what is the best option to improve the response times from the server? (I have 2xT1 bandwidth available) 

asa(config)#service-policy PM-VENDOR interface outside


thanks

 

forman

[Collin Clark]

QoS is limited on the ASA. Here is a good guide on what it can do and some examples.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a008084de0c.shtml

Hope it helps.

[jubetz]

PK wrote a great document that details this:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-1230

Generally speaking, shaping is better than policing and make sure you understand the difference between inbound and outbound.

Good luck,

-jb