Configuring a policy map – ATL Telecom R1-SW Ethernet Switch User Manual

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Configuring a Policy Map

A policy-map specifies which traffic class to act on. Actions can include trusting the CoS, DSCP,
or IP precedence values in the traffic class; setting a specific DSCP or IP precedence value in the
traffic class; or specifying the traffic bandwidth limitations and the action to take when the
traffic is out of profile. Before a policy-map can be effective, you must attach it to an interface
through defining a service policy. Multiple policy-maps can be attach to an interface and each
policy-map should be applied to different traffic class.

The followings are QoS actions which can be included in a policy-map:

y

filter

: Action for deciding whether the traffic is discarded or forwarded.

y

mark

: Action for configuring the values to be set in the DSCP, IP precedence, ToS, or

802.1P field of the packets which belong to the traffic class.

y

police

: Action for configuring the rate-limiting feature.

y

priority

: Action for configuring the priority(high or low) of the traffic. The priority is

used for selecting the traffic to be discarded when the system congestion.

y

bandwidth

: Action for configuring the minimum transmission bandwidth for the traffic

class.

y

weight

: Action for configuring the ration of the minimum transmission bandwidth for

the traffic class.


To apply multiple QoS actions to a traffic class, multiple QoS actions can be included in a
policy-map.

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