By default, Does the router mark CoS in the Ethernet Frame?

[Juan Urti]

Hi, i have one question to the forum.

I have this topology. SW_LANf0/10 - f0/0-Routerf-0/1 TRUNK - TRUNKf0/5SW_MetroEth -ISP Network

If i´m using a classmap to match and mark some traffic with AF31 from the LAN, to the WAN, and i apply the service policy output in the f0/1 in the router.

By default, Does the router mark CoS in the Ethernet Frame within the 802.1q tag? I think that my frames are going out with CoS = 0 from my router to the ISP Metroethernet Switch.

Thanks a lot!!!!!!

Juan

[paul driver]

Hello
When you enable mls qos on a switch by default cos/ dscp values are set to 0
Also you will need to trust cos/dscp/ipp on the interface as by default its not trusted.+tagged/untagged interfaces:

mls qos trust cos/dscp respectively

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/products_tech_note09186a0080883f9e.shtml


Res
Paul

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[SOcchiogrosso]

You can configure a span port in the switch and capture the traffic to verify the markings. Or verify with show commands on the router traffic is matching the policy.

If you are not setting the QoS markings on the networking equipment then I would make sure your applications are setting their own QoS markings and as mentioned above make sure you trust the ports those markings are coming from.


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[Juan Urti]

Thanks both for yours answers.

I´m sure that ocurrs of the switch metroethernet side. With mls qos, the switch rewrite the marks to CoS 0, except that i utilice mls qos trust cos command.

But i need to know, if the router send out DSCPaf31/CoS3 or send out to the metro switch DSCPaf31/CoS0.

Do you know this answer?

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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Posting

If the router's interface is a router interface (with .Q subinterfaces), as far as I know, only L3 ToS is changed, not L2 CoS.  (Unsure there's even a way to intentionally do that.)

If you need CoS tagging, it might be possible with a Ethernet switch module in an ISR or you might need a smart switch, in between the router and the MetroSwitch (assuming you can't manage the latter).

If fact, if your LAN switch has available ports and capability needed, you might loop back your router's "TRUNK" link though it.  Also depending on what your LAN switch is, you might just bypass the router.

[paolo bevilacqua]

Yes, routers can read and set L2 CoS bits. However in practice that is almost never needed.

[Juan Urti]

Hi Paolo, and all, thanks for your answers.

I know that the router can read y write the CoS mark in the ethernet frame.

But i need to know, if does the router mark CoS in the Ethernet frame, by default, if the packet is send with any L3 mark.

Imagine

class-map markaf31

match access-group 10

policy-map prueba

class markaf31

  set dscp af31

int f0/0.10

encap dot1q 10

ip add 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0

service-policy output prueba

With this config,  does the router mark CoS in the Ethernet frame?

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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Posting

But i need to know, if does the router mark CoS in the Ethernet frame, by default, if the packet is send with any L3 mark.
Imagine
class-map markaf31
 match access-group 10
policy-map prueba
 class markaf31
  set dscp af31
int f0/0.10
 encap dot1q 10
 ip add 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
 service-policy output prueba
With this config,  does the router mark CoS in the Ethernet frame?

Again, don't believe so, but try:

policy-map prueba
 class markaf31
  set dscp af31
  set cos 3

[paolo bevilacqua]

Again, do not worry about QoS/Cos and such stuff  on LANs. It is not needed,

Thanks you for the nice rating and good luck!

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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Posting

Paolo Bevilacqua wrote:
Again, do not worry about QoS/Cos and such stuff  on LANs. It is not needed,

Although I'll concede QoS on LANs is less often needed on WANs, and will also agree a LAN may more easily or less expensively provide additional bandwidth, occasionally QoS is really needed on LANs too.

Something that is impacting today's LANs, newer TCP stacks often advertise much, much larger RWINs allowing a sender to send larger packet bursts.

When  QoS is really needed, on LANs, often you want to prioritize what gets dropped first other than the more usual (WAN) what gets sent first.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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Posting

I just checked with a 2811, and Paolo is spot on (not that I doubted him, but a CBWFQ feature I don't believe I've ever used).

CBWFQ (at least under/starting-with 12.4) can match CoS and/or set CoS.  Still, unlikely CoS is set to other than zero by default, and as a new frame is generated on a L3 interface, an ingress L3 (with L2 CoS) also shouldn't be automatically copied to egress L3 (with "new" L2 CoS).

If L3 egress needs its L2 CoS set, would expect you'll need to explicitly set it.

As newer Cisco switches can often process L3 ToS, today there's often little need to deal with L2 CoS.  Using L3 ToS also provides more granularity and avoids the need for tagged L2 frames.

[Juan Urti]

Thanks Joseph, i appreciate your answer, and the answers for the team.

Thanks!!!