Sunday, September 9, 2012

Mechanics of MQC


·         MQC separates the classification function of a QoS tool from the action (PHB) that the QoS tool wants to perform.
·         There are 3 major commands with MQC, with several subordinate commands:
o   Class-map: define the matching parameters for classifying packets into service classes
o   Policy-map: Under this command the PHB actions(marking, queuing, and so on) are configured
o   Service-map: under this command a policy map is enabled on an interface.

·         QoS policy treat packets in one off 2 categories, called QoS service classes.
·         Classify the packets into 2 classes for the use of calling the two class-map commands
·         Each class-map command would be followed by match subcommand
§  Match subcommand defines the actual parameters that are compared to the frame/packet header contents to match packets for classification.
·         For each class, some QoS action (PHB) is to be performed.
o   This action is configured using the policy-map command
o   Under a single policy map, multiple classes can be referenced
·         When the service-policy command is applied to an interface,
o   the QoS features are enabled either inbound or outbound on that interface

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