08-31-2006 12:44 PM - edited 03-03-2019 01:50 PM
Our network router is currently configured to use QoS (CBWFQ with LLQ) as we do use VoIP. In our router config, there's following statement that I've a couple of questions about that I hope that someone can help to shed some lights..
class-map match-all Match-All-VC
match access-group 115
class-map match-all VoIP-RTP
match access-group 110
policy-map QoS-Policy-T1
class VoIP-RTP
priority 512
class Match-All-VC
priority 512
class class-default
fair-queue
access-list 110 permit ip any any precedence critical
access-list 110 permit ip any any dscp ef
access-list 110 permit tcp any eq 1720 any
access-list 110 permit tcp any any eq 1720
access-list 110 permit ip any any precedence flash
access-list 115 permit tcp any any precedence flash-override
Question:
A. How many priority queues are allowed per serial interface? The above policy is applied to all of our serial interfaces.
B. What is the purpose of the command "precedence flash" and "precedence flash-override"? I believe that their priorities level are 4 and 3 respectively, but I am not sure of what it does.
TIA..
Hieu
08-31-2006 02:48 PM
Hi,
A. There is only one priority queue per interface. When you configure the "priority" statement for multiple classes, all of the traffic for those classes ends up in a common priority queue.
B. "flash" and "flash-override" were some of the original names given to the precedence bits for the IP protocol. Check out http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc791.txt. There is absolutely no issues with referring to them with their numbers.
Hope that helps - pls do rate the post if it does.
Paresh
08-31-2006 04:23 PM
Thanks Paresh for your response!
Hieu
08-31-2006 04:53 PM
Paresh,
Since we're attempting to separate both voice and data traffic into separate queues, shouldn't we have one Priority statement for VoIP? If we've both voice & data in the same priority queue as shown in our class-map/policy, is there any benefit or drawback? I don't think it's efficient to combine both voice & data in the same priority queue, so please let me know what your thoughts are..
Thanks!
Hieu
08-31-2006 05:04 PM
Hi Hieu,
That is absolutely correct. It is poor design to have both voice and data in the same queues.
What you should really do is to assign a 'bandwidth' statement to your Match-All-VC class. That way, your VoIP traffic will get absolute priority. And the Match-All-VC will get a bandwidth guarantee without impacting the VoIP traffic.
Paresh
09-01-2006 08:10 AM
Hello Paresh,
Thank you very much for your feedback!
Hieu
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