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System Administration Guide: IP Services

QoS Policy Planning Aids

Gather information for planning the QoS policy in a format that includes the information needed for the IPQoS configuration file. For example, you can use the following template to list the major categories of information to be used in the IPQoS configuration file.

Table 27–1 QoS Planning Template

Class 

Priority 

Filter 

Selector 

Rate 

Forwarding? 

Accounting? 

Class 1 

1 

Filter 1 

Filter 3 

Selector 1 

Selector 2 

Meter rates, depending on meter type 

Marker drop precedence 

Requires flow-accounting statistics 

Class 1 

1 

Filter 2 

Selector 1 

Selector 2 

 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Class 2 

2 

Filter 1 

Selector 1 

Selector 2 

Meter rates, depending on meter type 

Marker drop precedence 

Requires flow-accounting statistics 

Class 2 

2 

Filter 2 

Selector 1 

Selector 2 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

You can divide each major category to further define the QoS policy. Subsequent sections explain how to obtain information for the categories that are shown in the template.