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.