CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager

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Supported Devices and Software Releases for CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager 3.2.2

Supported Devices for QPM 3.2.2

Supported Devices and QoS Techniques for IOS Software Releases

Supported Scheduling Methods

Supported Modular CLI (MQC) Features

Supported Marking, Policing, and Shaping Methods

Supported Link Efficiency Features

Resource Reservation Protocol Support

Supported Frame Relay Traffic Shaping Features

Access Control Policy Support

QoS Analysis (Monitoring) Capabilities

Supported QoS Features for Switches Running IOS

Supported Devices and QoS Techniques for CATOS Software Releases

Supported Devices and Software Releases for CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager 3.2.2

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The tables below describe the devices and software releases that CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager (QPM) 3.2.2 supports, and the QoS techniques you can use on the supported platforms. Please note that the information in the tables is subject to change, depending on specific devices and their QoS support.

•Supported Devices for QPM 3.2.2

•Supported Devices and QoS Techniques for IOS Software Releases

•Supported Devices and QoS Techniques for CATOS Software Releases

Supported Devices for QPM 3.2.2

Table 1 shows the devices supported by QPM 3.2.2. For each device series, the table shows the supported device OIDs (Object IDs) and device names.

Table 1 Devices Supported by QPM 3.2.2 

Cisco System Device	Device OID	Device Name
1800ISR	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.620	cisco1841
2800ISR	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.619	cisco2801
	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.576	cisco2811
	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.577	cisco2821
	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.578	cisco2851
3800ISR	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.543	cisco3825
	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.544	cisco3845
Cat3750Metro	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.574	calayst3750Metro

Supported Devices and QoS Techniques for IOS Software Releases

Cisco IOS releases supported include 12.1E, 12.2S and 12.3. In addition, a Cisco IOS mapping function is used to enable QPM 3.2.2 to support 12.1E and 12.2T QoS techniques included in later releases of IOS main (T or E train) software.

These tables show the QoS techniques that you can use with the devices and IOS software releases that QPM 3 supports:

•Supported Scheduling Methods

•Supported Modular CLI (MQC) Features

•Supported Marking, Policing, and Shaping Methods

•Supported Link Efficiency Features

•Resource Reservation Protocol Support

•Supported Frame Relay Traffic Shaping Features

•Access Control Policy Support

•QoS Analysis (Monitoring) Capabilities

•Supported QoS Features for Switches Running IOS

Supported Scheduling Methods

Table 2 shows the scheduling techniques that QPM supports on the devices and IOS software releases. The table uses the following abbreviations:

QoS Feature	QPM Name	Description
CBQ	Class-Based QoS	Class-Based QoS1
CQ	CQ	Custom Queuing
DWFQ	DWFQ	Distributed WFQ and QoS group DWFQ
DWRED	WRED	Distributed WRED
FIFO	FIFO	First In First Out Queuing
FQ	FQ	Fair Queuing (Flow-based Distributed WFQ)
PQ	PQ	Priority Queuing
WFQ	WFQ	Weighted Fair Queuing
WRED	WRED	Weighted Random Early Detection

1 Details of the Class-Based QoS features supported by QPM are shown in Table 3.

Table 2 Supported Scheduling Techniques on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
1800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	CBQ, CQ, PQ, FIFO, WRED, WFQ
2800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	CBQ, CQ, PQ, FIFO, WRED, WFQ
3800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	CBQ, CQ, PQ, FIFO, WRED, WFQ

Supported Modular CLI (MQC) Features

Table 3 shows the Modular CLI (MQC) features that QPM supports on the devices and IOS software releases. The table uses the following abbreviations:

QoS Feature	QPM Name	Description
Shaping	Shaping, Modular Shaping	Class-Based Shaping and Hierarchical Shaping
D-Shaping	Shaping, Modular Shaping	Class-Based Distributed Shaping and Hierarchical Distributed Shaping
ToS Marking	IP Precedence, DSCP Marking	Class-Based IP Precedence and IP DSCP Marking
COS1	CoS Marking	Class-Based Set Layer 2 Class Of Service Byte
MPLS	MPLS	Class-Based Set and Match MPLS Experimental Byte
FR-DE	FR-DE	Class-Based Set and Match of Frame Relay Discard Eligibly Bit
Policing	Policing	Class-Based Policing
ERate Policing	Policing with Excess rate	Class-Based Excess Rate Policing
LLQ	Priority	Class-Based Low Latency Queuing
IP-RTP	IP-RTP	Class-Based IP-RTP classification
FRF	Voice Fragmentation	Class-Based QoS using MQC with Frame Relay Fragmentation
DFRF	Voice Fragmentation	Class-Based QoS using MQC with Distributed Frame Relay Fragmentation
NBAR	NBAR	Class-Based Network-Based Application Recognition
D-NBAR	NBAR	Class-Based Distributed Network-Based Application Recognition

1 CoS marking is supported only on ISL/802.1Q interfaces

Table 3 Supported MQC Features on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
1800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	FRF, IP-RTP, ToS Marking, Policing, LLQ, NBAR, Shaping, COS1 , FR-DE
2800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	FRF, IP-RTP, ToS Marking, Policing, LLQ, NBAR, Shaping, COS2 , FR-DE, ERate Policing
3800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	FRF, IP-RTP, ToS Marking, Policing, LLQ, NBAR, Shaping, COS3 , FR-DE, ERate Policing

1 CoS marking is supported only on ISL/802.1Q interfaces. 2 CoS marking is supported only on ISL/802.1Q interfaces. 3 CoS marking is supported only on ISL/802.1Q interfaces.

Supported Marking, Policing, and Shaping Methods

Table 4 shows the marking, policing, and shaping methods that QPM supports on the devices and IOS software releases. The table uses the following abbreviations:

QoS Feature	QPM Name	Description
PBR	Marking	Policy Based Routing (also called coloring or classification)
GTS	Shaping	Generic Traffic Shaping
CAR	Policing	Committed Access Rate

Table 4 Supported Marking, Policing, and Shaping Features on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
1800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	GTS, CAR
2800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	GTS, CAR
3800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	GTS, CAR

Supported Link Efficiency Features

Table 5 shows the link efficiency features that QPM supports on the devices and IOS software releases. The table uses the following abbreviations:

QoS Feature	QPM Name	Description
IP RTP	IP RTP	IP Real-time Protocol Priority (for IOS releases that do not support MQC IP RTP).
CRTP	CRTP	Compressed Real-time Protocol
LFI	LFI	Link Fragmentation and Interleaving
DCRTP	CRTP	Distributed Compressed Real-time Protocol
DLFI	LFI	Distributed Link Fragmentation and Interleaving
TX-Ring Limit	TX-Ring Limit	Transmission Ring Limit

Table 5 Supported Link Efficiency Features on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
1800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	IP RTP, CRTP, LFI, TX-Ring Limit
2800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	IP RTP, CRTP, LFI, TX-Ring Limit
3800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	IP RTP, CRTP, LFI, TX-Ring Limit

Resource Reservation Protocol Support

Table 6 shows the devices and IOS software releases that support Resource Reservation Protocol signaling. The table uses the following abbreviations:

RSVP	Resource Reservation Protocol signaling

Table 6 RSVP Support on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
1800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	RSVP
2800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	RSVP
3800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	RSVP

Supported Frame Relay Traffic Shaping Features

Table 7 shows the frame relay traffic shaping methods that QPM supports on the devices and IOS software releases. The table uses the following abbreviations:

QoS Feature	QPM Name	Description
FRTS	FRTS	Frame Relay Traffic Shaping
FRF	Voice Fragmentation	Enhanced Frame Relay Traffic Shaping with Frame Relay fragmentation (FRF.12)
FRFQ	Extra Parameters for FRTS	Enhanced Frame Relay Traffic Shaping with Frame Relay Fair Queue
FRV	Voice bandwidth	Enhanced Frame Relay Traffic Shaping with Frame Relay Voice Configuration (Frame Relay Voice bandwidth parameter)

Table 7 Supported FRTS Features on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
1800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	FRTS, FRF, FRFQ, FRV
2800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	FRTS, FRF, FRFQ, FRV
3800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	FRTS, FRF, FRFQ, FRV

Access Control Policy Support

Table 8 shows the devices and IOS software releases for which QPM supports access control policies. The table uses the following abbreviations:

AC	Access Control policies

Table 8 Access Control Policy Support on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
All IOS Devices supported by QPM except 8500	AC	AC	AC	AC	AC	AC	AC

QoS Analysis (Monitoring) Capabilities

Table 9 shows the types of QoS that QPM QoS Analysis supports on devices and IOS versions. The table uses the following abbreviations:

CAR1	Committed Access Rate
Class-Based QoS2 ,3	Class-Based QoS

1 CAR MIB does not include DSCP information, so policies with the DSCP option cannot be monitored 2 QPM does not support monitoring of network elements that are assigned to a policy group configured with Modular Shaping. 3 QPM does not support monitoring of DSCP-based WRED actions.

Table 9 Supported QoS Analysis on Devices and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T	12.3
1800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	CAR, Class-Based QoS
2800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	CAR, Class-Based QoS
3800ISR	-	-	-	-	-	-	CAR, Class-Based QoS

Supported QoS Features for Switches Running IOS

Table 10 shows the QoS features that QPM supports on switches running IOS, and IOS software releases. The table uses the following abbreviations:

QoS Feature	QPM Name	Description
CB	-	Class based QoS with Policing, Marking, and Trust
CBQ	Class-Based QoS	Class-Based QoS with Marking, Policing, Shaping, LLQ, NBAR, MPLS
Excess Rate	Excess Rate	Traffic policing including excess rate, microflows and mark down
4Q1T	4Q1T	4 Queue 1 Threshold queuing
4Q2T	4Q2T	4 Queue 2Threshold queuing
2Q2T/1P2Q2T	2Q2T/1P2Q2T	2 Queue 2 Threshold / 1 Priority 2 Queue 2 Threshold queuing
4Q1T-Shape	4Q1T-Shape	4 Queue 1 Threshold queuing with shaping
COS Mapping	COS Mapping	COS-DSCP-COS mapping
IPP Mapping	IPP Mapping	IP-Precedence - DSCP mapping
Marking	Marking	Marking the IP Precedence priority or Marking by Trust
Markdown table	Markdown	DSCP Markdown tables are available.
In-Line Power	In-Line Power	In Line Power for IP Phones
Trust	Trust	Trust IP Precedence, IP DSCP, COS
Excess Markdown table	Excess Rate Markdown	Excess Rate DSCP Markdown tables are available.

Table 10 Supported QoS Features on Switches and IOS Software Releases 

Cisco Systems Device	IOS Software Release
	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.1E	12.2S	12.2T
Cat3750	-	-	-	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, Markdown table, Trust	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, Markdown table, Trust	-
Cat3750 Metro	-	-	-	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, Markdown table, Trust	-	-
Catalyst 6000 with PFC running Supervisor IOS	-	-	-	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, CBQ, 2Q2T/1P2Q2T, Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, CBQ, 2Q2T/1P2Q2T, Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust	-
Catalyst 6000 with PFCII running Supervisor IOS	-	-	-	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, CBQ, 2Q2T/1P2Q2T, Excess Rate, Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust, Excess Markdown table	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, CBQ, 2Q2T/1P2Q2T, Excess Rate, Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust, Excess Markdown table	-
Catalyst 6000 with PFCIII running Supervisor IOS	-	-	-	-	COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, CB, CBQ, 2Q2T/1P2Q2T, Excess Rate, Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust, Excess Markdown table	-

Supported Devices and QoS Techniques for CATOS Software Releases

Cisco CATOS releases supported include 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2 ,8.1, 8.2 and 8.3. In addition, a Cisco CATOS mapping function is used to enable QPM to work with the supported QoS techniques of 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2 , 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 in later releases of CATOS.

Table 11 describes the QoS techniques that you can use with the devices and CATOS software releases that QPM supports. The table uses the following abbreviations:

QoS Feature	QPM Name	Description
2Q1T	2Q1T	2 Queue 1 Threshold queuing
2Q2T	2Q2T	2 Queue 2 Threshold queuing
1P2Q2T	1P2Q2T	1 Priority 2 Queue 2 Threshold queuing
Marking	Marking	Classification
Policing	Policing	Traffic policing including microflows and mark down
Excess Rate Policing	Excess Rate Policing	Traffic policing including excess rate, microflows and mark down
Excess Burst Policing	Excess Burst Policing	Traffic policing including excess burst
COS Mapping	COS Mapping	COS-DSCP-COS mapping
IPP Mapping	IPP Mapping	IP-Precedence - DSCP mapping
Markdown table	Markdown table	DSCP Markdown tables are available.
VLAN Based	VLAN Based	VLAN Based QoS
Trust	Trust	Trust IP Precedence, IP DSCP, COS
Trust-Ext	Trust-Ext	Trust the Extension COS
In-Line Power	In-Line Power	In Line Power for IP Phones
Excess Markdown table	Excess Rate Markdown	Excess Rate DSCP Markdown tables are available.

Table 11 Supported Devices and QoS Techniques for Catalyst Operating System 

Cisco Systems Device	Catalyst Software Release
	5.5	6.x	7.x	8.x
Catalyst 6000 family without PFC	2Q2T, 1P2Q2T,Trust, In-Line Power	2Q2T, 1P2Q2T, Trust, In-Line Power	2Q2T, 1P2Q2T, Trust, In-Line Power	2Q2T, 1P2Q2T, Trust, In-Line Power
Catalyst 6000 family with PFCII	-	Marking, Excess Rate Policing, 2Q2T, 1P2Q2T, COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, Markdown Table, Excess Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust, Trust-Ext, In-Line Power	Marking, Excess Rate Policing, Excess Burst Policing, 2Q2T, 1P2Q2T, COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, Markdown Table, Excess Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust, Trust-Ext, In-Line Power	Marking, Excess Rate Policing, Excess Burst Policing, 2Q2T, 1P2Q2T, COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, Markdown Table, Excess Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust, Trust-Ext, In-Line Power
Catalyst 6000 family with PFCIII	-			Marking, Excess Rate Policing, Excess Burst Policing, 2Q2T, 1P2Q2T, COS Mapping, IPP Mapping, Markdown Table, Excess Markdown table, VLAN-Based, Trust, Trust-Ext, In-Line Power