Low Latency Queueing with Priority Percentage Support

This feature allows you to configure bandwidth as a percentage within low latency queueing (LLQ). Specifically, you can designate a percentage of the bandwidth to be allocated to an entity (such as a physical interface, a shaped ATM permanent virtual circuit (PVC), or a shaped Frame Relay PVC to which a policy map is attached). Traffic associated with the policy map will then be given priority treatment.

This feature also allows you to specify the percentage of bandwidth to be allocated to nonpriority traffic classes. It modifies two existing commands--bandwidth and priority --and provides additional functionality to the way that bandwidth can be allocated using these two commands.

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Restrictions for LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

Dropping Excess Traffic

If the incoming high priority traffic exceeds the bandwidth percentage calculated by the priority percent command, and there is congestion in the network, the excess traffic is dropped. This is identical to the behavior demonstrated when the priority command uses bandwidth in kbps. In both cases, if the high priority traffic exceeds the bandwidth, and there is congestion in the network, excess traffic is dropped.

Exceeding the Configured Bandwidth Percentage Calculated by the bandwidth percent and priority percent Commands

By default, when the bandwidth percent and priority percent commands are used to allocate bandwidth, the sum of the bandwidth percentage allocated to the high priority traffic and the bandwidth percentage allocated to the nonpriority traffic cannot exceed 99 percent of the total bandwidth available on the interface.

The remaining 1 percent of the total bandwidth available on the interface is kept in reserve for the unclassified traffic and routing traffic, if any, and is proportionally divided among the defined traffic classes.

Information About LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

Benefits of LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

This feature allows the Cisco Software to accommodate networks with a large number of interfaces, all with differing bandwidths. This feature is useful when all of those interfaces with differing bandwidths need to be associated with a policy map that allocates proportional bandwidths to multiple classes.

Additionally, configuring bandwidth in percentages is most useful when the underlying link bandwidth is unknown or the relative class bandwidth distributions are known. For interfaces that have adaptive shaping rates (such as available bit rate [ABR] virtual circuits), CBWFQ can be configured by configuring class bandwidths in percentages.

Changes to the bandwidth Command for LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

This feature adds a new keyword to the bandwidth command--remaining percent . The feature also changes the functionality of the existing percent keyword. These changes result in the following commands for bandwidth: bandwidth percent and bandwidth remaining percent .

The bandwidth percent command configures bandwidth as an absolute percentage of the total bandwidth on the interface.

The bandwidth remaining percent command allows you to allocate bandwidth as a relative percentage of the total bandwidth available on the interface. This command allows you to specify the relative percentage of the bandwidth to be allocated to the classes of traffic. For instance, you can specify that 30 percent of the available bandwidth be allocated to class1, and 60 percent of the bandwidth be allocated to class2. Essentially, you are specifying the ratio of the bandwidth to be allocated to the traffic class. In this case, the ratio is 1 to 2 (30 percent allocated to class1 and 60 percent allocated to class2). The sum of the numbers used to indicate this ratio cannot exceed 100 percent. This way, you need not know the total amount of bandwidth available, just the relative percentage you want to allocate for each traffic class.

Each traffic class gets a minimum bandwidth as a relative percentage of the remaining bandwidth. The remaining bandwidth is the bandwidth available after the priority queue, if present, is given its required bandwidth, and after any Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) flows are given their requested bandwidth.

Because this is a relative bandwidth allocation, the packets for the traffic classes are given a proportionate weight only, and no admission control is performed to determine whether any bandwidth (in kbps) is actually available. The only error checking that is performed is to ensure that the total bandwidth percentages for the classes do not exceed 100 percent.

Changes to the priority Command for LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

This feature also adds the percent keyword to the priority command. The priority percent command indicates that the bandwidth will be allocated as a percentage of the total bandwidth of the interface. You can then specify the percentage (that is, a number from 1 to 100) to be allocated by using the percentage argument with the priority percent command.

Unlike the bandwidth command, the priority command provides a strict priority to the traffic class, which ensures low latency to high priority traffic classes.

Bandwidth Calculations in LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

When the bandwidth and priority commands calculate the total amount of bandwidth available on an entity, the following guidelines are invoked:

  • If the entity is a physical interface, the total bandwidth is the bandwidth on the physical interface.

  • If the entity is a shaped ATM PVC, the total bandwidth is calculated as follows:
    • For a variable bit rate (VBR) VC, the average shaping rate is used in the calculation.
    • For an available bit rate (ABR) VC, the minimum shaping rate is used in the calculation.

How to Configure LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

Specifying the Bandwidth Percentage

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. policy-map policy-map
  4. class {class-name | class-default }
  5. priority {bandwidth-kbps | percent percentage } [burst ]
  6. bandwidth {bandwidth-kbps | percent percentage | remaining percent percentage }
  7. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

enable

Example:


Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

policy-map policy-map

Example:


Router(config)# policy-map policy1

Specifies the name of the policy map to be created or modified. Enters policy-map configuration mode.

  • Enter the policy map name. Names can be a maximum of 40 alphanumeric characters.

Step 4

class {class-name | class-default }

Example:


Router(config-pmap)# class class1

Specifies the class so that you can configure or modify its policy. Enters policy-map class configuration mode.

  • Enter the class name.

Step 5

priority {bandwidth-kbps | percent percentage } [burst ]

Example:


Router(config-pmap-c)#
 
priority percent 10

Gives priority to a class of traffic belonging to the policy map.

  • Enter the priority percentage.

Step 6

bandwidth {bandwidth-kbps | percent percentage | remaining percent percentage }

Example:


Router(config-pmap-c)#
 
bandwidth percent 30

Specifies the bandwidth for a class of traffic belonging to the policy map.

  • Enter the bandwidth percentage.

Step 7

end

Example:

Example:


Router(config-pmap-c)#
 
end

(Optional) Exits policy-map class configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Verifying the Bandwidth Percentage

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. show policy-map policy-map
  3. show policy-map policy-map class class-name
  4. show policy-map interface type number
  5. exit

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

enable

Example:


Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

show policy-map policy-map

Example:


Router# 
show policy-map policy1

(Optional) Displays the configuration of all classes for a specified service policy map or the configuration of all classes for all existing policy maps

  • Enter the name of the policy map whose complete configuration is to be displayed.

Step 3

show policy-map policy-map class class-name

Example:


Router# 
show policy-map policy1 class class1

(Optional) Displays the configuration for the specified class of the specified policy map.

  • Enter the policy map name and the class name.

Step 4

show policy-map interface type number

Example:


Router# 
show policy-map interface serial4/0/0

(Optional) Displays the packet statistics of all classes that are configured for all service policies either on the specified interface or subinterface or on a specific PVC on the interface.

  • Enter the interface type and number.

Step 5

exit

Example:


Router# exit

(Optional) Exits privileged EXEC mode.

Configuration Examples for LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

Example Specifying the Bandwidth Percentage

The following example uses the priority percent command to specify a bandwidth percentage of 10 percent for the class called voice-percent. Then the bandwidth remaining percent command is used to specify a bandwidth percentage of 30 percent for the class called data1, and a bandwidth percentage of 20 percent for the class called data2. 


Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# policy-map policy1
Router(config-pmap)# class voice-percent
Router(config-pmap-c)# priority percent 10
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data1
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth remaining percent 30
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data2
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth remaining percent 20
Router(config-pmap-c)# end

As a result of this configuration, 10 percent of the interface bandwidth is guaranteed for the class called voice-percent. The classes called data1 and data2 get 30 percent and 20 percent of the remaining bandwidth, respectively.

Example Mixing the Units of Bandwidth for Nonpriority Traffic

If a particular unit (that is, kbps or percentages) is used when specifying the bandwidth for a specific class of nonpriority traffic, the same bandwidth unit must be used when specifying the bandwidth for the other nonpriority classes in that policy map. The bandwidth units within the same policy map must be identical. However, the unit for the priority command in the priority class can be different from the bandwidth unit of the nonpriority class. The same configuration can contain multiple policy maps, however, which in turn can use different bandwidth units.

The following sample configuration contains three policy maps--policy1, policy2, and policy3. In the policy map called policy1 and the policy map called policy2, the bandwidth is specified by percentage. However, in the policy map called policy3, bandwidth is specified in kbps. 


Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# policy-map policy1
Router(config-pmap)# class voice-percent
Router(config-pmap-c)# priority percent 10
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data1
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth percent 30
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data2
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth percent 20
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# exit
Router(config)# policy-map policy2
Router(config-pmap)# class voice-percent
Router(config-pmap-c)# priority percent 10
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data1
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth remaining percent 30
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data2
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth remaining percent 20
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# exit
Router(config)# policy-map policy3
Router(config-pmap)# class voice-percent
Router(config-pmap-c)# priority 500
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data1
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth 30
Router(config-pmap-c)# exit
Router(config-pmap)# class data2
Router(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth 20
Router(config-pmap-c)# end

Example Verifying the Bandwidth Percentage

The following sample output from the show policy-map interface command shows that 50 percent of the interface bandwidth is guaranteed for the class called class1 and that 25 percent is guaranteed for the class called class2. The output displays the amount of bandwidth as both a percentage and a number of kbps. 


Router# show policy-map interface
 serial3/2/0
 Serial3/2/0
  Service-policy output:policy1
    Class-map:class1 (match-all)
      0 packets, 0 bytes
      5 minute offered rate 0 bps, drop rate 0 bps
      Match:none
      Weighted Fair Queueing
        Output Queue:Conversation 265
        Bandwidth 50 (%)
        Bandwidth 772 (kbps) Max Threshold 64 (packets)
        (pkts matched/bytes matched) 0/0
        (depth/total drops/no-buffer drops) 0/0/0
Class-map:class2 (match-all)
      0 packets, 0 bytes
      5 minute offered rate 0 bps, drop rate 0 bps
      Match:none
      Weighted Fair Queueing
        Output Queue:Conversation 266
        Bandwidth 25 (%)
        Bandwidth 386 (kbps) Max Threshold 64 (packets)
        (pkts matched/bytes matched) 0/0
        (depth/total drops/no-buffer drops) 0/0/0
    Class-map:class-default (match-any)
      0 packets, 0 bytes
      5 minute offered rate 0 bps, drop rate 0 bps
      Match:any

In this example, serial interface s3/2/0 has a total bandwidth of 1544 kbps. During periods of congestion, 50 percent (or 772 kbps) of the link bandwidth is guaranteed to the class called class1, and 25 percent (or 386 kbps) of the link bandwidth is guaranteed to the class called class2.

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Feature Information for LLQ with Priority Percentage Support

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Table 1. Feature Information for Low Latency Queueing with Priority Percentage Support

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Low Latency Queueing with Priority Percentage Support

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1

This feature allows you to configure bandwidth as a percentage within low latency queueing (LLQ). Specifically, you can designate a percentage of the bandwidth to be allocated to an entity (such as a physical interface, a shaped ATM permanent virtual circuit [PVC], or a shaped Frame Relay PVC to which a policy map is attached). Traffic associated with the policy map will then be given priority treatment.

This feature was implemented on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.

The following commands were introduced or modified: bandwidth (policy-map class), priority .