Cisco CiscoWork QoS Policy Manager 4.1.2 User Guide
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User Guide for QoS Policy Manager 3.0
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Chapter 1 Introduction
What Is CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager?
QoS Analysis
QPM allows you to baseline profile the distribution of traffic before you change
the QoS configuration, and to analyze the efficiency of the traffic going through
the interfaces in your network after deploying your QoS policies.
the QoS configuration, and to analyze the efficiency of the traffic going through
the interfaces in your network after deploying your QoS policies.
You can schedule monitoring tasks, and generate monitoring reports displaying
detailed QoS statistics for multiple interfaces. The monitoring data can be
collected on a real-time, or on a periodic (historical) basis. In this way, you can
obtain feedback about your QoS policy configurations, and decide whether they
are working as expected.
detailed QoS statistics for multiple interfaces. The monitoring data can be
collected on a real-time, or on a periodic (historical) basis. In this way, you can
obtain feedback about your QoS policy configurations, and decide whether they
are working as expected.
Policy Configuration
The QPM Policy Configuration application lets you define and maintain scalable
end-to-end QoS policies for your network devices. You can define groups of QoS
policies that are suitable for specific sets of devices, interface types, and interface
properties, including VLANs. You can then assign interfaces to your policy
groups. For example, you can define a group of policies to police LAN edge traffic
on switches, and then assign the appropriate switch interfaces to this policy group.
end-to-end QoS policies for your network devices. You can define groups of QoS
policies that are suitable for specific sets of devices, interface types, and interface
properties, including VLANs. You can then assign interfaces to your policy
groups. For example, you can define a group of policies to police LAN edge traffic
on switches, and then assign the appropriate switch interfaces to this policy group.
QPM contains global libraries of policy building blocks, to simplify policy
definition. The IP Alias library contains definitions of groups of IP addresses and
host names, and the Application Alias library contains protocol and port
definitions for applications.
definition. The IP Alias library contains definitions of groups of IP addresses and
host names, and the Application Alias library contains protocol and port
definitions for applications.
QPM lets you create policy group templates to share common policies across
different device groups and deployment groups. Policy group templates are policy
groups without network assignments, and they are stored in a global library, so
that they can be used in any deployment group, or device group.
different device groups and deployment groups. Policy group templates are policy
groups without network assignments, and they are stored in a global library, so
that they can be used in any deployment group, or device group.
If you have already defined QoS configurations on your devices using the CLI,
you can upload them into QPM. QPM translates the QoS configurations into QoS
policies and policy groups, and generates reports summarizing the upload
process.
you can upload them into QPM. QPM translates the QoS configurations into QoS
policies and policy groups, and generates reports summarizing the upload
process.