Simulate Quality of Service (QoS)

Quality of Service (QoS)

Explains how QoS features enable networks to provide preferential treatment to critical traffic and ensure service levels without over-provisioning.

QoS requirements

Outlines QoS requirements, including the definition and implementation of traffic policies for service classes and the configuration of interface queue properties such as priority, weight, and police limit.

QoS bound and QoS violations

Introduces the concepts of QoS bound and QoS violations, explaining how policies and interface queue properties define capacity limits, how violations are detected, and how these calculations facilitate network service planning and monitoring in the Network Summary table.

Queue and service class information

Provides instructions for viewing queue and service class data in interface tables and visualizations.

QoS bound and QoS violation columns

Lists and describes the available columns for monitoring QoS bounds and violations in network interface, circuit, and queue tables.

Create queues

Guides you through creating new interface queues by manually adding them and configuring queue properties.

Create service classes

Provides instructions for creating a new service class, including naming, mapping to queues, and saving the configuration within the QoS management interface.

Create policy groups for interfaces

Describes how to configure a policy group for network interfaces to manage QoS settings collectively.

Create or edit service class policies

Provides instructions for creating or editing service class policies, including configuring policies for undifferentiated traffic and service classes.

Apply QoS settings globally

Guides you through applying QoS settings globally, including selecting service classes or queues and updating your network plan to reflect changes in network summary tables and plot displays.