Cisco 10000 Series Router Quality of Service Configuration Guide - Configuring Frame Relay QoS Using Frame Relay Legacy Commands [Cisco 10000 Series Routers]

Table Of Contents

Configuring Frame Relay QoS Using Frame Relay Legacy Commands

Creating a Map Class

Enabling Weighted Fair Queuing on the Interface

Specifying a DLCI Queue Weight

Specifying Tail Drop

Enabling RED Drop

Configuring Frame Relay IP RTP Priority

Configuring Frame Relay Traffic Shaping

Configuring Frame Relay QoS Using Frame Relay Legacy Commands

This appendix describes how to configure Frame Relay QoS using Frame Relay legacy commands using the following procedures:

1. Creating a Map Class

2. Enabling Weighted Fair Queuing on the Interface

3. Specifying a DLCI Queue Weight

4. Specifying Tail Drop

5. Enabling RED Drop

6. Configuring Frame Relay IP RTP Priority

7. Configuring Frame Relay Traffic Shaping

Creating a Map Class

To create a Frame Relay map class, enter the following command in global configuration mode:
Command

Purpose
Router(config)# map-class frame-relay 
class-map-name
Creates a Frame Relay map class.

class-map-name is the name of the class map.
Example A-1 creates a map class named camry.

Example A-1 Configuring a Frame Relay Map Class
Router(config)# map-class frame-relay camry
Router(config-map-class)#
Enabling Weighted Fair Queuing on the Interface

Frame Relay weighted fair queuing allows each PVC to receive a weighted share of the link bandwidth.

To enable Frame Relay weighted fair queuing to the interface, enter the following command in map class configuration mode:
Command

Purpose
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay 
interface-queue fair
Enables weighted fair queuing.

Note An error message displays if a service policy is already attached to the interface.
Example A-2 enables Frame Relay weighted fair queuing.

Example A-2 Enabling Frame Relay Weighted Fair Queuing
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay interface-queue fair
Router(config-map-class)#
Specifying a DLCI Queue Weight

Frame Relay weighted fair queuing allows each PVC to receive a weighted share of the link bandwidth. To allocate more or less bandwidth share to a PVC, use the following command in map class configuration mode:
Command

Purpose
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay 
interface-queue fair weight weight
Specifies a DLCI queue weight.

weight is the value assigned to the DLCI (1 to 99). If you do not specify a value, the router treats all PVCs equally.
Example A-3 sets the DLCI queue weight to 80.

Example A-3 Configuring a DLCI Queue Weight
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay interface-queue fair weight 80
Router(config-map-class)#
Specifying Tail Drop

You can only specify one packet drop policy on a Frame Relay interface, either tail drop or RED drop.

To set the maximum threshold for packet tail drop, enter the following command in map class configuration mode. This procedure is optional.
Command

Purpose
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay 
interface-queue fair queue-limit limit
Configures tail drop.

limit is the queue maximum threshold value for packet drop. Valid values are from 32 to 16,384 in powers of 2 (for example, 64, 128, 256, and so on).
Example A-4 sets the threshold limit for packet drop to 2048.

Example A-4 Configuring Tail Drop
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay interface-queue fair queue-limit 2048
Router(config-map-class)#
Enabling RED Drop

You can only specify one packet drop policy on a Frame Relay interface. You cannot configure RED on a priority queue.

To enable RED drop to distribute traffic losses in the event of a buffer overflow, enter the following commands in map class configuration mode:
Command

Purpose
Step 1
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay 
interface-queue fair random-detect
(Optional) Enables RED drop.
Step 2
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay 
interface-queue fair random-detect 
exponential-weight-constant exp
Specifies an exponential weight constant.

exp is the exponential-weight-constant value and is a number from 1 to 16.
Step 3
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay 
interface-queue fair random-detect 
precedence [precedence min_threshold 
max_threshold probability]
Specifies precedence parameters.

precedence is a number between 0 and 7, where 0 represents low-priority traffic and 7 represents high-priority traffic.

min_threshold is the number of packets from 1 to 32,768.

max_threshold is the number of packets from 1 to 32,768.

probability is the mark-probability-denominator value. Valid values are from 1 to 65,536.
Example A-5 sets the exponential weight constant to 16.

Example A-5 Setting the Exponential Weight Constant
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay interface-queue fair random-detect
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay interface-queue fair random-detect 
exponential-weight-constant 16
Example A-6 sets the precedence parameters.

Example A-6 Setting the Precedence Parameters
Router(config-map-class)# frame-relay interface-queue fair random-detect precedence 2 
32000 32000 65000
Router(config-map-cl)#
Configuring Frame Relay IP RTP Priority

The Frame Relay IP RTP Priority feature allows Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) packet classification at the DLCI level. This classification is based on whether or not the packet IP Real-Time Protocol (RTP) has an even-numbered UDP port within (or outside of) the specified range. Only even ports are matched because they carry the real-time data streams. Odd ports are not matched because they only carry control information. If the IP RTP even-numbered port is within the configured range, the packet is identified as a real-time packet. Real-time packets are given higher priority than regular data packets and are queued to a priority output queue.

Note You must configure the Frame Relay weighted fair queue interface to use this feature (see "Specifying a DLCI Queue Weight" section). A priority queue is created for each DLCI that has frame-relay ip rtp priority configured.

Parameters for Frame Relay IP RTP priority are configured using the map-class frame-relay command (see the "Creating a Map Class" section). When a map class with IP RTP defined is associated with a Frame Relay interface, all DLCIs created for that interface are assigned a priority queue for the RTP packets. A different map class can be associated with a different DLCI, which means each DLCI is assigned a different RTP port range.

The following are examples of priority queues:

•DLCI 2 RTP queue

•DLCI 1 RTP queue

The following are examples of non-priority queues:

•NCQ

•DLCI 3 data queue

•DLCI 2 data queue

To specify the RTP priority policy, enter the following command in map class configuration mode:
Command

Purpose
Router(config-map-c)# frame-relay ip rtp priority 
min_udp_port port_range bandwidth
Specifies the Frame Relay IP RTP priority policy.

min_udp_port is the starting UDP destination port number. Valid numbers are from 2000 to 65,535.

port_range is the range of UDP destination port values. Valid values are from 0 to 16,383.

bandwidth is the maximum allowed bandwidth in kbps. Valid values are from 1 to 2000.
Example A-7 sets the IP RTP priority parameters for the map class named voice-traffic and applies the class to serial interface 1/0/0/1:1. The example also assigns DLCI 927 and DLCI 928 to the voice-traffic class.

Example A-7 Setting the IP RTP Priority Parameters
Router(config)# map-class frame-relay voice-traffic
Router(config-map-c)# frame-relay ip rtp priority 16384 16383 128
Router(config-map-c)# exit
Router(config)# interface serial 1/0/0/1:1
Router(config-if)# ip address 1.1.0.2 255.255.255.252
Router(config-if)# encapsulation frame-relay
Router(config-if)# frame-relay interface-queue fair
Router(config-if)# frame-relay class voice-traffic
Router(config-if)# frame-relay interface-dlci 927
Router(config-if)# frame-relay interface-dlci 928
Configuring Frame Relay Traffic Shaping

The Cisco 10000 series router supports Frame Relay traffic shaping (FRTS) and generic traffic shaping (GTS) on Frame Relay interfaces; however, you cannot enable both of these interfaces at the same time. While GTS supports traffic at the modular CLI level, FRTS supports traffic shaping per PVC on the interface by using Frame Relay encapsulation.

To configure Frame Relay traffic shaping, enter the following commands beginning in interface configuration mode:
Command

Purpose
Step 1
Router(config)# map-class frame-relay 
map-class-name
Creates a Frame Relay map class for Frame Relay traffic shaping.

map-class-name is the name of the map class.
Step 2
Router(config-map-c)# frame-relay 
traffic-rate bps
or 
Router(config-map-c)# frame-relay cir bps
and
Router(config-map-c)# frame-relay mincir 
bps
Sets the traffic shape rate.

bps is a number from 1 to 45,000,000.

Sets the committed information rate (CIR).

Sets the minimum rate in times of congestion.
Step 3
Router(config-map-c)# exit
Exits map-class configuration mode.
Step 4
Router(config)# interface type 
slot/subslot/port
Configures the interface you specify.
Step 5
Router(config-if)# ip address ip-address 
subnet-mask
Configures an IP address and subnet mask for the interface.
Step 6
Router(config-if)# encapsulation 
frame-relay
Enables Frame Relay encapsulation.
Step 7
Router(config-if)# frame-relay 
traffic-shaping
Enables Frame Relay traffic shaping.
Step 8
Router(config-if)# frame-relay class 
map-class-name
Applies the Frame Relay map class to the DLCIs on this interface.
Step 9
Router(config-if)# frame-relay 
interface-dlci dlci-number
Creates the DLCIs on this interface. The DLCIs inherit the Frame Relay map class applied on this interface.
Example A-8 creates a Frame Relay map class named frts with a committed information rate of 64,000 and a minimum rate of 64,000 during congestion. The example enables traffic shaping on serial interface 1/0/0/1:1. DLCI 27, created on the interface, inherits the frts class applied to the interface.

Example A-8 Enabling Frame Relay Traffic Shaping
Router(config)# map-class frame-relay frts
Router(config-map-c)# frame-relay cir 64000
Router(config-map-c)# frame-relay mincir 64000
Router(config-map-c)# exit
Router(config)# interface serial 1/0/0/1:1
Router(config-if)# ip address 1.1.0.2 255.255.255.252
Router(config-if)# encapsulation frame-relay
Router(config-if)# frame-relay traffic-shaping
Router(config-if)# frame-relay class frts
Router(config-if)# frame-relay interface-dlci 27