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Table Of Contents
- Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Overview of the ML-Series Card
- CTC Operations on the ML-Series Card
- Initial Configuration of the ML-Series Card
- Configuring Interfaces on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring POS on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring STP and RSTP on the ML-Series Card
- STP Features
- STP Overview
- Supported STP Instances
- Bridge Protocol Data Units
- Election of the Root Switch
- Bridge ID, Switch Priority, and Extended System ID
- Spanning-Tree Timers
- Creating the Spanning-Tree Topology
- Spanning-Tree Interface States
- Spanning-Tree Address Management
- STP and IEEE 802.1Q Trunks
- Spanning Tree and Redundant Connectivity
- Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity
- RSTP Features
- Interoperability with IEEE 802.1D STP
- Configuring STP and RSTP Features
- Default STP and RSTP Configuration
- Disabling STP and RSTP
- Configuring the Root Switch
- Configuring the Port Priority
- Configuring the Path Cost
- Configuring the Switch Priority of a Bridge Group
- Configuring the Hello Time
- Configuring the Forwarding-Delay Time for a Bridge Group
- Configuring the Maximum-Aging Time for a Bridge Group
- Verifying and Monitoring STP and RSTP Status
- STP Features
- Configuring VLANs on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring Link Aggregation on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring IRB on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring Quality of Service on the ML-Series Card
- Understanding QoS
- ML-Series QoS
- QoS on RPR
- Configuring QoS
- Monitoring and Verifying QoS Configuration
- QoS Configuration Examples
- Understanding Multicast QoS and Multicast Priority Queuing
- Configuring Multicast Priority Queuing QoS
- QoS not Configured on Egress
- ML-Series Egress Bandwidth Example
- Understanding CoS-Based Packet Statistics
- Configuring CoS-Based Packet Statistics
- Understanding IP SLA
- Configuring the Switching Database Manager on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring Access Control Lists on the ML-Series Card
- Configuring Resilient Packet Ring on the ML-Series Card
- Understanding RPR
- Configuring RPR
- Connecting the ML-Series Cards with Point-to-Point STS Circuits
- Configuring CTC Circuits for RPR
- Configuring RPR Characteristics and the SPR Interface on the ML-Series Card
- Assigning the ML-Series Card POS Ports to the SPR Interface
- Creating the Bridge Group and Assigning the Ethernet and SPR Interfaces
- RPR Cisco IOS Configuration Example
- Verifying Ethernet Connectivity Between RPR Ethernet Access Ports
- CRC Threshold Configuration and Detection
- Monitoring and Verifying RPR
- Add an ML-Series Card into an RPR
- Delete an ML-Series Card from an RPR
- Cisco Proprietary RPR KeepAlive
- Cisco Proprietary RPR Shortest Path
- Redundant Interconnect
- Configuring Security for the ML-Series Card
- Understanding Security
- Disabling the Console Port on the ML-Series Card
- Secure Login on the ML-Series Card
- Secure Shell on the ML-Series Card
- RADIUS on the ML-Series Card
- RADIUS Relay Mode
- RADIUS Stand Alone Mode
- Understanding RADIUS
- Configuring RADIUS
- Default RADIUS Configuration
- Identifying the RADIUS Server Host
- Configuring AAA Login Authentication
- Defining AAA Server Groups
- Configuring RADIUS Authorization for User Privileged Access and Network Services
- Starting RADIUS Accounting
- Configuring a nas-ip-address in the RADIUS Packet
- Configuring Settings for All RADIUS Servers
- Configuring the ML-Series Card to Use Vendor-Specific RADIUS Attributes
- Configuring the ML-Series Card for Vendor-Proprietary RADIUS Server Communication
- Displaying the RADIUS Configuration
- Configuring Bridging on the ML-Series Card
- CE-100T-8 Ethernet Operation
- Command Reference for the ML-Series Card
- [no] bridge bridge-group-number protocol {drpri-rstp | ieee | rstp}
- clear counters
- [no] clock auto
- interface spr 1
- [no] pos mode gfp [fcs-disabled]
- [no] pos pdi holdoff time
- [no] pos report alarm
- [non] pos trigger defects condition
- [no] pos trigger delay time
- [no] pos vcat defect {immediate | delayed}
- show controller pos interface-number [details]
- show interface pos interface-number
- show ons alarm
- show ons alarm defect {[eqpt | port [port-number] | sts [sts-number] | vcg [vcg-number] | vt]}
- show ons alarm failure {[eqpt | port [port-number] | sts [sts-number] | vcg [vcg-number] | vt]}
- spr-intf-id shared-packet-ring-number
- [no] spr load-balance { auto | port-based }
- spr station-id station-id-number
- spr wrap { immediate | delayed }
- Unsupported CLI Commands for the ML-Series Card
- Using Technical Support
- Index

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Chapter 11 Configuring Quality of Service on the ML-Series Card
Understanding QoS
Understanding QoS
The ML-Series card multiplexes multiple IP/Ethernet services onto the SONET circuit and dynamically
allocates transmission bandwidth to data services based on data service requirements. This allows the
network to operate at a significantly higher level of utilization. To support service-level agreements
(SLAs), this dynamic allocation must accommodate the service elements of bandwidth, including loss
and delay. The characteristics of these service elements make up QoS.
The QoS mechanism has three basic steps. It classifies types of traffic, specifies what action to take
against a type of traffic, and specifies where the action should take place.
Priority Mechanism in IP and Ethernet
For any QoS service to be applied to data, there must be a way to mark or identify an IP packet or an
Ethernet frame. When identified, a specific priority can be assigned to each individual IP packet or
Ethernet frame. The IP Precedence or the IP Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) field prioritizes
the IP packets, and the Ethernet class of service (IEEE 802.1p defined class of service [CoS]) is used for
the Ethernet frames. IP precedence and Ethernet CoS are further described in the following sections.
IP Precedence and Differentiated Services Code Point
IP precedence uses the three precedence bits in the IPv4 header’s ToS (type of service) field to specify
class of service for each IP packet (RFC 1122). The most significant three bits of the IPv4 ToS field
provide up to eight distinct classes, of which six are used for classifying services and the remaining two
are reserved. On the edge of the network, the IP precedence is assigned by the client device or the
ML Series, so that each subsequent network element can provide services based on the determined
policy or the SLA.
IP DSCP uses the six bits in the IPv4 header to specify class of service for each IP packet (RFC 2474).
Figure 11-1 illustrates IP precedence and DSCP. The DSCP field classifies packets into any of the
64 possible classes. On the network edge, the IP DSCP is assigned by the client device or the ML Series,
so that each subsequent network element can provide services based on the determined policy or the
SLA.