Web Management Guide-R05

Table Of Contents
Chapter 10
| Quality of Service
Creating QoS Policies
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Add Rule
Policy Name – Name of policy map.
Class Name – Name of a class map that defines a traffic classification upon
which a policy can act. A policy map can contain up to 32 class maps.
Action – This attribute is used to set an internal QoS value in hardware for
matching packets.
Set CoS – Configures the service provided to ingress traffic by setting an
internal CoS value for a matching packet (as specified in rule settings for a
class map). (Range: 0-7)
See Table 13, “Default Mapping of CoS/CFI Values to Queue/CFI,” on
page 217).
Meter – Check this to define the maximum throughput.
Meter Mode (Rate Limit) – Applies rate limiting to ingress or egress ports. This
function allows the network manager to control the maximum rate for traffic
received or transmitted on an interface. Rate limiting is configured on
interfaces at the edge of a network to limit traffic into or out of the network.
Packets that exceed the acceptable amount of traffic are dropped.
Rate – Sets the rate limit level. (Range: 16 - 10000000 kbits per second)
Web Interface
To configure a policy map:
1. Click Traffic, DiffServ.
2. Select Configure Policy from the Step list.
3. Select Add from the Action list.
4. Enter a policy name.
5. Enter a description.
6. Click Add.