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Introduction
WhatisthesoftwareversionrequirementfortheQoSfeatureson
Catalyst2950seriesswitches?
WhatQoSfeaturesdoesthe2950standardimage(SI)support?
WhatQoSfeaturesdoesthe2950enhancedimage(EI)support?
DotheCatalyst2950seriesswitchessupportratelimitingorpolicingon
portsorVLANs?
CantheCatalyst2950seriesswitchesmarkorrewriteIPprecedence
(typeofservice[ToS])bitsinanIPpacket?
DotheCatalyst2950seriesswitchesprovidepriorityschedulinginthe
input/ingressport?
DotheCatalyst2950seriesswitcheshonortheincomingclassof
service(CoS)valuesinIEEE802.1p(dot1p)tagsfromIPphones?
MyserverorIPphone/devicecannottagclassofservice(CoS)values.
CantheCatalyst2950seriesswitchestagthetrafficfromthe
server/deviceforaspecificCoSvalue?
CanIoverridetheincomingclassofservice(CoS)toaspecificCoS
value?
Whatispassthroughmode?
CanIreclassifytheclassofservice(CoS)valueofdatathatare
generatedfromaPCthatconnectstoanIPphone?TheIPphone
attachestoaCatalyst2950seriesswitch.
WhatkindofoutputschedulingdotheCatalyst2950seriesswitches
provide?
CanIuseaccesscontrollists(ACLs)todefinetrafficfortheapplication
ofQoSfeatures?
HowdoIconfiguretheCatalyst2950seriesswitcheswithvoiceVLANs
forCiscoIPphoneconnections?
HowdoIverifytheQoSconfigurationontheCatalyst2950series
switches?
Whatistheshowcommandtocheckonthepolicermetricsona
Catalyst2950seriesswitch?
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Introduction
ThisdocumentaddressestheFrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)ontheQualityofService(QoS)features
oftheCiscoCatalyst2950seriesswitches.

Q.WhatisthesoftwareversionrequirementfortheQoSfeaturesonCatalyst2950series
switches?
A.The2950supportsegressqueuingandschedulingbasedonIEEE802.1pclassofservice
(CoS)valueswithCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.0(5)WC(1)andlater.Eachportonthe
switchgetsadefaultpriorityvalue.Framesthatarereceiveduntaggedareassignedthisvalue.
Forthoseframesthatarereceivedtagged,the2950usesthevalueinthetag.The2950
queuesframesattheegressportintooneoffourpriorityqueues.Theswitchmakesthequeue
assignmentsonthebasisofthepriorityorCoSvaluethatisassignedtotheframeatingress.
Youcanconfigureegressschedulingaseitherstrictpriorityorweightedroundrobin(WRR)
scheduling.TheCatalyst2950seriesswitchesruntwofeaturesetsofCiscoIOSSoftware,a
standardimage(SI)andanenhancedimage(EI).Severalfeaturedifferencesexistbetween
theSIversionandtheEIversion.TheSIonlysupportstheoutputschedulingQoSfeatures,
whereastheEIaddssupportforclassification,marking,andpolicing.RefertotheRelease
NotesfortheCatalyst2955,Catalyst2950,andCatalyst2940Switches,CiscoIOSRelease
12.1(22)EA4forhardwareandsoftwarecompatibility.

Q.WhatQoSfeaturesdoesthe2950standardimage(SI)support?
A.The2950withtheSIsupportsqueuingandschedulingategress.The2950withSIsupports
ingressclassificationwithuseofporttruststatesinCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1(11)EA1
andlater.Youcanconfiguretheingressporttotrusteitherclassofservice(CoS)or
differentiatedservicescodepoint(DSCP),wherethedefaultporttruststateisuntrusted.You
canconfigureegressschedulingaseitherstrictpriorityschedulingorweightedroundrobin
(WRR)scheduling.
InCiscoIOSSoftwareReleases12.0,SIonlysupportsconfigurationonCoSprioritiesand
WRR.InCiscoIOSSoftwareReleases12.1andlater,SIaddedthesefeatures:
Classification
ClassificationonthebasisofCiscoDiscoveryProtocol(CDP)fromaCiscoIP
phone
Outputqueuingandscheduling
Strictpriorityscheduling

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WRRscheduling

Q.WhatQoSfeaturesdoesthe2950enhancedimage(EI)support?
A.The2950withtheEIsupportsLayer2(L2)Layer4(L4)classificationatingresswithuseof:
Porttruststates
QoSaccesscontrollists(ACLs)
Classmapsandpolicymaps
The2950withEIalsosupportspolicingandmarkingatingressaswellasqueuingand
schedulingategress.Youcanconfigureegressschedulingaseitherstrictpriorityschedulingor
weightedroundrobin(WRR)scheduling.RefertotheReleaseNotesfortheCatalyst2955,
Catalyst2950,andCatalyst2940Switches,CiscoIOSRelease12.1(22)EA4forhardwareand
softwarecompatibility.
InCiscoIOSSoftwareReleases12.0,EIonlysupportsconfigurationonclassofservice(CoS)
prioritiesandWRR.InCiscoIOSSoftwareReleases12.1,EIaddedthesefeatures:
Classification
Classificationonthebasisof:
Porttruststate
Accesscontrollists(ACLs)
Policymaps
CiscoDiscoveryProtocol(CDP)fromaCiscoIPphone
TrustofCoS/differentiatedservicescodepoint(DSCP)
PortsCoSconfiguration
Marking
Policing
Ingresspolicing
Configurationofthemappingtable
CoStoDSCP
DSCPtoCoS
Outputqueuingandscheduling
Strictpriorityscheduling
WRRscheduling

Q.DotheCatalyst2950seriesswitchessupportratelimitingorpolicingonportsor
VLANs?
A.Catalyst2950seriesswitchesthatruntheenhancedimage(EI)supportingresspolicingon
physicalinterfacesonly.PolicersdonothavesupportonVLANinterfaces.Catalyst2950series
switchesthatrunthestandardimage(SI)donotsupportpolicing.Theminimumreleasewith
supportisCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1.

Q.CantheCatalyst2950seriesswitchesmarkorrewriteIPprecedence(typeofservice
[ToS])bitsinanIPpacket?
A.Yes,theCatalyst2950seriesswitchesthatruntheenhancedimage(EI)canmarkor
rewriteToSbitsintheheaderofanIPversion4(IPv4)packet.Useapolicymapthatcontains
thesetipdscpstatement.Orconfigureapolicertomarkdownorrewritethedifferentiated
servicescodepoint(DSCP)valueonframesthatdonotconformtotherulesinthepolicer.
Note:TheCatalyst2950onlysupportsingresspolicing.

Q.DotheCatalyst2950seriesswitchesprovidepriorityschedulingintheinput/ingress
port?
A.Catalyst2950seriesswitchesdonotprovideanyingressscheduling,buttheydosupport
egressqueuingandscheduling.Usethewrrqueuebandwidthcommand.Thedefaultisto
useFIFO.

Q.DotheCatalyst2950seriesswitcheshonortheincomingclassofservice(CoS)values
inIEEE802.1p(dot1p)tagsfromIPphones?
A.TheCatalyst2950seriesswitchesprovideQoSbased802.1pCoSvalues.InCiscoIOS
SoftwareRelease12.0(5)WC1andlater,the2950seriesswitcheshonortheCoSvalueofan
incomingframebydefault.
Note:Foruntaggedframesthatarereceivedontrustedanduntrustedports,QoSassignsthe
CoSvaluethatthemlsqoscosinterfaceconfigurationcommandspecifies.Bydefault,this
valueiszero,whichistrusted.

Q.MyserverorIPphone/devicecannottagclassofservice(CoS)values.Canthe
Catalyst2950seriesswitchestagthetrafficfromtheserver/deviceforaspecificCoS
value?
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A.Yes,theswitchcantagthetraffic.Butyoumustconfiguretheportasatrunkportand
configuremlsqoscosvalue,aswell.Inthissampleconfiguration,interfaceFastEthernet0/1
connectstoanIPphonethatcannottagCoSvalues:
interfacefastethernet0/1
switchportmodetrunk
mlsqoscos7

ForIEEE802.1Qframeswithtaginformation,thepriorityvaluefromtheheaderframeis
used.ForframesthatarereceivedonthenativeVLAN,thedefaultpriorityoftheinputportis
used.

Q.CanIoverridetheincomingclassofservice(CoS)toaspecificCoSvalue?
A.Yes,youcanoverridetheCoS.Issuethemlsqoscos{defaultcos|override}command.
Thecommandoverridesthepreviouslyconfiguredtruststateoftheincomingpacketsand
appliesthedefaultportCoSvaluetoallincomingpackets.CiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1
andlatersupportthiscommand.

Q.Whatispassthroughmode?
A.Inpassthroughmode,theswitchusestheclassofservice(CoS)valueofincomingpackets
withoutamodificationofthedifferentiatedservicescodepoint(DSCP)value.Theframecan
passthroughtheswitchwithboththeincomingCoSandDSCPvaluesintact.Whenyou
disablepassthroughmodeandconfiguretheswitchporttotrustCoS,theDSCPvalueis
derivedfromtheCoStoDSCPmap.Inthiscase,theDSCPusuallychangesasaresult.In
CiscoIOSSoftwarereleasesearlierthanCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1(11)EA1,this
derivationoftheDSCPvalueisonbydefaultandyoucannotchangeit.InCiscoIOS
SoftwareRelease12.1(11)EA1andlater,youcanconfigurethiswiththeenablementofpass
throughmodeontheport.
Hereisasampleconfiguration:
interfacefastethernet0/1
switchportmodeaccess
mlsqostrustcospassthroughdscp

Q.CanIreclassifytheclassofservice(CoS)valueofdatathataregeneratedfromaPC
thatconnectstoanIPphone?TheIPphoneattachestoaCatalyst2950seriesswitch.
A.Yes,youcanreclassifytheCoSvalueofthedata.Issuetheswitchportpriorityextend
cosinterfaceconfigurationcommand.ThecommandconfigurestheIPphonetooverridethe
priorityofthetrafficthatcomesfromthePC.

Q.WhatkindofoutputschedulingdotheCatalyst2950seriesswitchesprovide?
A.The2950seriesswitchessupportfourclassofservice(CoS)queuesforeachegress
port.ForCiscoIOSSoftwarereleasesearlierthanCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease
12.1(12c)EA1,thereissupportforCoSpriorityqueueandweightedroundrobin(WRR)
scheduling.Hereisasampleconfiguration:
wrrqueuecosmap101
wrrqueuecosmap223
wrrqueuecosmap345
wrrqueuecosmap467
wrrqueuebandwidth1234

Note:1isthelowestCoSpriorityqueue,and4isthehighest.
InCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1(12c)EA1andlater,thereissupportforexpeditequeue
andWRRschedulinginstead.Thisschedulingusesoneofthefouregressqueues(queue4)as
anexpeditequeue.WRRschedulingisperformedonthethreeegressqueuesthatremain.The
expeditequeueisastrictpriorityqueue.Beforetheserviceoftheotherthreequeues,this
expeditequeuealwaysreceivesservicefirst,untilitisempty.Forallreleases,strictpriority
schedulingisthedefault.Hereisasampleconfiguration:
wrrqueuecosmap10124
wrrqueuecosmap3367
wrrqueuecosmap45
wrrqueuebandwidth201800

Note:CoS5ismappedtoqueue4.Queue4istheexpeditequeue,withbandwidthassigned
to0.

Q.CanIuseaccesscontrollists(ACLs)todefinetrafficfortheapplicationofQoS
features?
A.Yes,youcanuseIPstandard,IPextended,andLayer2(L2)MACACLsinordertodefine
agroupofpacketswiththesamecharacteristics.Thisdefinitionofagroupofpacketsclassifies
thepackets.However,configurationofadenyactionisnotsupportedinQoSACLsonthe
switch.Also,ifthereisamatchwithapermitaction,theswitchtakesthespecifiedaction
thatrelatestoQoSandexitsthelist.Ifthereisnomatchwithallentriesinthelist,thenthe
QoSprocessingdoesnotoccuronthepacket.ForallCiscoIOSSoftwarereleases,this
processhassupportinenhancedimage(EI)only.CiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1(11)EA1
andlatersupportthematchonthebasisofthedifferentiatedservicescodepoint(DSCP)
value.

Q.HowdoIconfiguretheCatalyst2950seriesswitcheswithvoiceVLANsforCiscoIP
phoneconnections?
A.ForCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1(12c)EA1andlater,whenyouconfigurethe2950as
anaccesslayerswitchforvoice,firstmodifythedefaultclassofservice(CoS)todifferentiated
servicescodepoint(DSCP)mappingtablesothat:
CoS3mapstoDSCP26

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CoS4mapstoDSCP34
CoS5mapstoDSCP46
Next,enablevoiceanddataVLANsonthephoneportandsettheIPphonetrustboundary.
IssuethemlsqostrustcoscommandfromtheIPphone.Finally,modifytheCoStoegress
queuemappingandenabletheexpeditequeue.Withenablementoftheexpeditequeue,voice
packetsalwaysreceiveservicebeforeallotherpackets.Hereisasampleconfiguration:
c2950(config)#mlsqosmapcosdscp08162634464856
c2950(config)#mlsqosbandwidth1020700
c2950(config)#interfacefastethernet0/1
c2950(configif)#mlsqostrustcos
c2950(configif)#switchportvoicevlan100
c2950(configif)#switchportaccessvlan10
c2950(configif)#switchportpriorityextendcos0

Also,theautoQoSfeaturehassupportinCiscoIOSSoftwareRelease12.1(12c)EA1and
later.YoucanusetheautoQoSfeaturetosimplifythedeploymentofexistingQoSfeatures.
AutoQoSmakesassumptionsaboutthenetworkdesign.Asaresult,theswitchcanprioritize
differenttrafficflowsandappropriatelyusetheegressqueuesinsteadofthedefaultQoS
behavior.Theswitchoffersbesteffortservicetoeachpacket,regardlessofthepacketcontents
orsize,andsendsthepacketfromasinglequeue.WhenyouenableautoQoS,thefeature
automaticallyclassifiestrafficonthebasisoftraffictypeandingresspacketlabel.Theswitch
usestheclassificationinordertochoosetheappropriateegressqueue.YouuseautoQoS
commandsinordertoidentifyportsthatconnecttoCiscoIPphones.Youcanalsoidentify
portsthatreceivetrustedVoIPtrafficthroughanuplink.AutoQoSthenperformsthese
functions:
DetectsthepresenceorabsenceofIPphones
ConfiguresQoSclassification
Configuresegressqueues

Q.HowdoIverifytheQoSconfigurationontheCatalyst2950seriesswitches?
A.UsethecommandsinthistableinordertoverifyyourQoSconfiguration:
Command

Purpose

showclass
map[class
mapname] 1

TodisplayQoSclassmaps,which
definethematchcriteriatoclassify
traffic.

showpolicy
map[policy
mapname
[classclass
name]] 1

TodisplayQoSpolicymaps,which
defineclassificationcriteriafor
incomingtraffic.

showmlsqos
maps[cos
dscp|dscp
cos] 1

TodisplayQoSmappinginformation.
Mapsenablethegenerationofan
internalDSCP 2value,which
representsthepriorityofthetraffic.
TodisplayQoSinformationatthe
interfacelevel.Thisinformation
includes:
Theconfigurationofthe
egressqueuesandtheCoS 3
toegressqueuemap

showmlsqos
interface
[interfaceid]
[policers] 1

Whichinterfaceshave
configuredpolicers
Ingressandegressstatistics,
whichincludesthenumberof
bytesthathavebeendropped

showwrr
queuecos
map

TodisplaythemappingoftheCoS
priorityqueues.

showwrr
queue
bandwidth

TodisplaytheWRR4bandwidth
allocationfortheCoSpriority
queues.

1Thiscommandisavailableonlyonaswitchthatrunstheenhancedimage(EI).
2DSCP=differentiatedservicescodepoint
3CoS=classofservice
4WRR=weightedroundrobin

Q.WhatistheshowcommandtocheckonthepolicermetricsonaCatalyst2950series
switch?
A.OnaCatalyst2950seriesswitch,therearenotanyshowcommandstodisplaythepolicer
conform/exceed/droprates,orthenumberofpacketsmatchingtheACLsinthepolicer.Asa
workaround,measureasingleconstantbitrateflowwiththeinputrateontheingressinterface
andtheoutputrateontheegressinterface.Then,verifyifthepolicerdidthejobasexpected.

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