CBQoS Child Policies

    NetFlow Analyzer lets you create child policies under the parent policies.

    Creating a traffic policy

    To configure a traffic policy (also referred to as a policy map), use the policy-map command. The policy-map command allows you to specify the traffic policy name and also allows you to enter policy-map configuration mode (a prerequisite for enabling QoS features such as traffic policing or traffic shaping).

    Associate the Traffic Policy with the Traffic Class

    After using the policy-map command, use the class command to associate the traffic class (created in the "Creating a Traffic Class" section) with the traffic policy.

    The syntax of the class command is as follows:

    class class-name
    no class class-name

    For the class-name argument, use the name of the class you created when you used the class-map command to create the previous traffic class (Step 3 of the "Creating a Traffic Class" section).

    After entering the class command, you are automatically in policy-map class configuration mode. The policy-map class configuration mode is the mode used for enabling the specific QoS features.

    Procedure

    To create a traffic policy (or policy map) and enable one or more QoS features, perform the following steps.

    This procedure lists many of the commands you can use to enable one or more QoS features. For example, to enable Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), you would use the bandwidth command. Not all QoS features are available on all platforms or in all Cisco IOS releases. For the features and commands available to you, see the Cisco IOS documentation for your platform and version of Cisco IOS software you are using.

    Configuration Steps

      Command or Action Purpose
    Step 1 Router> enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
    Step 2 Router# configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
    Step 3 Router(config)# policy-map policy-name Creates or specifies the name of the traffic policy and enters policy-map configuration mode.
    Step 4 Router(config-pmap)# class {class-name |class-default} Specifies the name of a traffic class (previously created in the "Creating a Traffic Class" section) and enters policy-map class configuration mode.
    Use one or more of the following commands to enable the specific QoS feature you want to use.
    Step 5 Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth {bandwidth-kbps | percent percent } (Optional) Specifies a minimum bandwidth guarantee to a traffic class in periods of congestion. A minimum bandwidth guarantee can be specified in kbps or by a percentage of the overall available bandwidth.
    Step 6 Router(config-pmap-c)# fair-queue number-of-queues (Optional) Specifies the number of queues to be reserved for a traffic class.
    Step 7 Router (config-pmap-c)# police bps [burst-normal][burst-max] conform-action action exceed-action action [violate-action action] (Optional) Configures traffic policing.
    Step 8 Router(config-pmap-c)# priority{bandwidth-kbps | percent percentage} [burst] (Optional) Gives priority to a class of traffic belonging to a policy map.
    Step 9 Router(config-pmap-c)# queue-limit number-of-packets (Optional) Specifies or modifies the maximum number of packets the queue can hold for a class configured in a policy map.
    Step 10 Router(config-pmap-c)# random-detect [dscp-based | prec-based] (Optional) Enables Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED) or distributed WRED (DWRED).
    Step 11 Router(config-pmap-c)# set atm-clp (Optional) Sets the cell loss priority (CLP) bit when a policy map is configured.
    Step 12 Router(config-pmap-c)# set cos{cos-value | from-field [table table-map-name]} (Optional) Sets the Layer 2 class of service (CoS) value of an outgoing packet.
    Step 13 Router(config-pmap-c)# set discard-class value (Optional) Marks a packet with a discard-class value.
    Step 14 Router(config-pmap-c)# set [ip] dscp {dscp-value | from-field [table table-map-name]} (Optional) Marks a packet by setting the differentiated services code point (DSCP) value in the type of service (ToS) byte.
    Step 15 Router(config-pmap-c)# set fr-de (Optional) Changes the discard eligible (DE) bit setting in the address field of a Frame Relay frame to 1 for all traffic leaving an interface.
    Step 16 Router(config-pmap-c)# set precedence{precedence-value | from-field[table table-map-name]} (Optional) Sets the precedence value in the packet header.
    Step 17 Route(config-pmap-c)# set mpls experimental value (Optional) Designates the value to which the MPLS bits are set if the packets match the specified policy map.
    Step 18 Router (config-pmap-c)# set qos-group{group-id | from-field [table table-map-name]} (Optional) Sets a QoS group identifier (ID) that can be used later to classify packets.
    Step 19 Router(config-pmap-c)# service-policy policy-map-name (Optional) Specifies the name of a traffic policy used as a matching criterion (for nesting traffic policies [hierarchical traffic policies] within one another).
    Step 20 Router(config-pmap-c)# shape {average | peak } mean-rate [burst-size [excess-burst-size ]] (Optional) Shapes traffic to the indicated bit rate according to the algorithm specified.
    Step 21 Router(config-pmap-c)# exit (Optional) Exits policy-map class configuration mode.

    Traffic policy can be nested within another traffic policy using the service-policy command. It’s called Hierarchical traffic policy. This policy that holds another policy is the parent policy and the nested one is called child policy.

    Sample configuration of policy with parent-child relationship:

    • Router(config)# policy-map child
    • Router(config-pmap)# class voice
    • Router(config-pmap-c)# priority 50
    • Router(config)# policy-map parent
    • Router(config-pmap)# class class-default
    • Router(config-pmap-c)# shape average 10000000
    • Router(config-pmap-c)# service-policy child
    • Router(config-pmap-c)# exit