IPQoS Features

IPQoS has the following features:

• ipqosconf Command-line tool for configuring the QoS policy

• Classifier that selects actions, which are based on filters that configure the QoS policy of your organization

• Metering module that measures network traffic, in compliance with the Diffserv model

• Service differentiation that is based on the ability to mark a packet's IP header with forwarding information

• Flow-accounting module that gathers statistics for traffic flows

• Statistics gathering for traffic classes, through the UNIX® kstat command

• Support for SPARC® and x86 architecture

• Support for IPv4 and IPv6 addressing

• Interoperability with IP Security Architecture (IPsec)

• Support for 802.1D user-priority markings for virtual local area networks (VLANs)