Hi Jason,

Thanks for the replies.

About the question 5, lets clarify! When I say local mode, this mean "local 
switching", not central. So, for that, if the SSID is Platinium with COS tag 6 
in WLC port, so the H-REAP will reply this tag? If I sniff the packets in the 
H-REAP AP I will see tag 6, follow the WLC config? Of course, only if the WMM 
client ask for Voice Queue.

Another doubt, just in case that the lab asks to trust only dscp. I know that 
the WLC marks CoS and DSCP, so technicaly theres no problem to trust DSCP in 
the Controller Port, right?

I didn't know that "mls qos" in global mode create this srr config in interface 
level! Thats amazing... Less one thing to memorize! :-)

Thanks again, thats really good points!

Best regards,

Yuri Mecca

Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:25:15 -0400
Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] Wired and Wireless QoS
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]

My responses are inline below.  And, everyone has doubts about QoS :)
 
Jason Boyers - CCIE #26024 (Wireless)
Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc.
Mailto: [email protected]




On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Yuri Mecca <[email protected]> wrote:


Hi Group,

I'm studying to my exam and I found some doubts about QoS:

1) "End to End Qos" mean only trust the marked DSCP in AP port and COS in Trunk 
/ WLC ports and add at global config level "mls qos"? Or I need to change the 
queues in global mode like auto-qos command? For voice interfaces, I need to 
issue the "priority-queue out", SRR Shape and Shared for compliance with the 
Voice best practices?


*** "End to End QoS" would involve applying appropriate trusts on the required 
switchports, which would depend on the situation.  Local mode APs would 
normally trust DSCP (which is not what auto qos would apply.)  WLC trunk ports 
should trust CoS.  When you configure "mls qos," it automatically configures 
SRR for all switchports on the 3560 switch.  All 4 output queues are given a 
value of 25 for sharing, while queue 1 is given a value of 25 for shaping.  I 
would only change these values if the requirements state that one (or more) of 
the queues need to have a different weight assigned to the queue.  You should 
normally configure the "priority-queue out" command on any interface which 
could have voice traffic (marked with CoS 5) passing through it.  When you 
configure that command, CoS 5 traffic (by default) is serviced before anything 
else, up to 1/25 of the bandwidth of the interface.  It's "1/25" because the 
default shaping value is 25.  If you needed more than 4% for that traffic, you 
would need to adjust the shaping value.

 

2) In the autonomous AP I can setup Admission Control per SSID level. In WLC I 
just see this option in the Voice or Video Parameter. This mean that any SSID 
will use Admission Control or only ssid with WMM + Platinium/Gold will use?


*** This can be a bit confusing.  When ACM is enabled, it applies to any frames 
using the specified access category.  So, if you configure Voice, then any 
frames using UP 6 or 7 must make an ADDTS request in order to be allowed.  If 
the SSID uses Platinum and the client makes an ADDTS for UP 6, the traffic 
would be allowed.  If the SSID uses Gold and the client makes an ADDTS for UP 
6, the traffic would not pass.  This is because only frames up to UP 5 are 
allowed.  If ACM had not been configured, the frame would have been remarked to 
UP 5.

 

3) If a client don't have WMM it will falls in the BE queue or BK queue?

***  It uses the BE queue.
 

4) If a client don't use TSPEC ADDTS it will falls in what queue? 

*** That depends on the UP value of the frame.  If it has a UP value that 
requires ACM, it will be blocked.  If it has a UP value that does not require 
ACM, it will use whatever queue applies to the UP value, up to the maximum 
access category allowed by the SSID.  In other words, if Voice CAC is enabled 
and Video is not, then a frame with UP 5 using a WLAN with Platinum or Gold 
would use the Video queue.  If the WLAN used Silver, it would use the BE queue.

 

5) I know that in H-REAP the AP the AP marks follow WMM queue, but in the Local 
mode, it follow the DSCP table based in the WMM too?

*** I'm not quite sure what you are asking here, but I'll try to decipher it.  
Please correct me.  Local mode APs mark outgoing wired packets with a DSCP 
value based on the received WMM value (for WMM clients.)  H-REAP APs mark 
outgoing wired packets with a CoS value based on the received WMM value (for 
locally switched WMM clients.)  There are many more variables in there, but 
that's a start.



Thats all today!

Best regards,

Yuri Mecca

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