Quality of Service and Bandwidth Management

Configuration
This topic provides a reference configuration for Quality or Service (QoS) and bandwidth management
using RSVP within a Cisco Unified Communications deployment. The information is based primarily
on testing performed during Cisco Unified Communications Release 6.0(1) system testing. This topic
does not contain detailed step-by-step procedures; instead, for or detailed information about installing,
configuring, and administering these functions, refer to the related Cisco documentation listed in
Table 1.

Related Documentation
For related information about QoS and RSVP, see the documents listed in Table 1.
Table 1

Cisco QoS and RSVP Documentation

Document

URL

General Cisco QoS documentation

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk543/tsd_techno
logy_support_category_home.html

Configuring RSVP Chapter in the Network

Protocols Configuration Guide, Part 1

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/11_3/np1/co
nfiguration/guide/1crsvp.html

Reference Configuration
The system-wide testing of IP telephony functionality for Cisco Unified Communications Release 6.0(1)
included Cisco QoS and RSVP. For general information about the tested functionality in Cisco Unified
Communications Release 6.0(1), see the System Release Notes.

Network Topologies
During Cisco Unified Communications Release 6.0(1) testing, this component was installed and tested
in the following site models:

SJC-RFD

For more information on these site models, see Tested Deployments and Site Models.

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Configuration Details
This topic includes the following sections:

Quality of Service (QoS) Configuration

Bandwidth Management Using RSVP Agents

Quality of Service (QoS) Configuration

This section provides sample configuration files that show how Quality of Service (QoS) settings were
configured on selected switches and WAN routers during Cisco Unified Communications Release 6.0(1)
testing for IP telephony. For the testing, QoS was configured on the following Cisco devices that passed
VoIP traffic to and from SCCP, analog, and T1-PRI endpoints:

Cisco 1760 modular access router

Cisco 2651 and Cisco 2691 multiservice routers

Cisco 3640 multiservice router

Cisco 3725 and Cisco 3745 multiservice access routers

Cisco 7206 router

Cisco Catalyst 4506 switch

QoS was also configured on the following devices to test VoIP traffic to and from SIP, analog, and
T1-PRI endpoints:

Cisco 3745 multiservice access router

Cisco 3845 router

Cisco Catalyst 4506 switch

Cisco 7206 router

Cisco Catalyst 3550 switch

These devices were configured for QoS based on the recommendations in the Enterprise QoS Solution
Reference Network Design Guide http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/solution/esm/qossrnd.pdf.
This document provides design considerations and guidelines for implementing Cisco QoS within an
enterprise environment on specific Cisco router and Cisco Catalyst switch types.
Most devices tested during Cisco Unified Communications Release 6.0(1) were configured with Cisco
AutoQoS. For additional information about AutoQos, see the Quality of Service Commands chapter
in the Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/products_configuration_guide_book09186a008065c7a1.
html.
For general information on QoS on Cisco devices, see
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk543/tk759/tsd_technology_support_protocol_home.html.
This section includes portions of the configuration files for the following devices:

Cisco 3745 Router Configuration

Cisco Catalyst 4506 Switch Configuration

Cisco 7206 Router Configuration

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Cisco 3745 Router Configuration

This section shows a portion of the serial interface configuration for the Cisco 3745 router that was used
in QoS testing. It demonstrates how to configure auto qos voip trust on the LAN-to-WAN edge using
Cisco AutoQoS. For additional installation and configuration information, see the Cisco 3745
Multiservice Access Router documentation available at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps282/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.
class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
match ip dscp ef
class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
match ip dscp cs3
match ip dscp af31
!
policy-map AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
class AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
priority percent 70
class AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
bandwidth percent 5
class class-default
fair-queue
!
controller T1 0/0
framing esf
linecode b8zs
channel-group 1 timeslots 1-24 speed 64
!
interface Serial0/0:1
description WAN connection to SJC-RFD-WAN-1 port 2/0/4
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
no fair-queue
frame-relay traffic-shaping
!
interface Serial0/0:1.1 point-to-point
ip address 10.3.180.13 255.255.255.252
frame-relay interface-dlci 104
class AutoQoS-FR-Se0/0:1-104
auto qos voip trust
!
map-class frame-relay AutoQoS-FR-Se0/0:1-104
frame-relay cir 1536000
frame-relay bc 15360
frame-relay be 0
frame-relay mincir 1536000
service-policy output AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
logging trap debugging
logging facility local1
logging 10.3.2.129
!
rmon event 33333 log trap AutoQoS description "AutoQoS SNMP traps for Voice Drop
s" owner AutoQoS

Cisco Catalyst 4506 Switch Configuration

This section shows a portion of the configuration file for a Cisco Catalyst 4506 switch that was used in
QoS testing. It demonstrates how to configure global QoS and the ports which were linked to Cisco
Unified IP Phones. For additional installation and configuration information, see the Cisco Catalyst
4500 series documentation available at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.

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qos dbl
qos map dscp 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 to tx-queue 4
qos map dscp 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 to tx-queue 4
qos map cos 3 to dscp 26
qos map cos 5 to dscp 46
qos
!
policy-map autoqos-voip-policy
class class-default
dbl
!
interface FastEthernet4/25
description 7960 to SFO-ORD-103-2621
switchport access vlan 903
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode access
switchport voice vlan 903
load-interval 30
qos trust device cisco-phone
spanning-tree portfast trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
!
interface FastEthernet4/26
description description 7960 to SFO-ORD-103-2650
switchport access vlan 903
switchport mode access
switchport voice vlan 903
load-interval 30
qos trust device cisco-phone
tx-queue 3
priority high
shape percent 33
spanning-tree portfast trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
!
nterface FastEthernet4/28
description 7970 to SFO-ORD-104-3745
switchport access vlan 904
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
switchport voice vlan 904
load-interval 30
qos trust device cisco-phone
spanning-tree portfast trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
!

Cisco 7206 Router Configuration

This section shows a portion of the configuration file for a Cisco 7206 core router that was used in QoS
testing. It demonstrates how to configure auto qos voip trust on the WAN-to-LAN edge using Cisco
AutoQoS. For additional installation and configuration information, see the Cisco 7200 series router
documentation available at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps341/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.
class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
match ip dscp ef
class-map match-all going-pc
match access-group 121

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class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust

match ip dscp cs3
match ip dscp af31
class-map match-all bla
match ip rtp 16384 16383
!
policy-map AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
class AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
priority percent 70
class AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
bandwidth percent 5
class class-default
fair-queue
!
interface Serial5/4:1
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
no fair-queue
no arp frame-relay
frame-relay traffic-shaping
frame-relay lmi-type ansi
frame-relay intf-type dce
!
interface Serial5/4:1.1 point-to-point
ip address 10.3.180.14 255.255.255.252
no arp frame-relay
frame-relay interface-dlci 104
class AutoQoS-FR-Se5/4:1-104
auto qos voip trust
!
interface Serial6/2:1
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
no fair-queue
no arp frame-relay
frame-relay traffic-shaping
frame-relay lmi-type ansi
frame-relay intf-type dce
!
interface Serial6/2:1.1 point-to-point
ip address 10.3.180.10 255.255.255.252
no arp frame-relay
frame-relay interface-dlci 103
class AutoQoS-FR-Se6/2:1-103
auto qos voip trust
!
map-class frame-relay AutoQoS-FR-Se5/4:1-104
frame-relay cir 1536000
frame-relay bc 15360
frame-relay be 0
frame-relay mincir 1536000
service-policy output AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
!
map-class frame-relay AutoQoS-FR-Se6/2:1-103
frame-relay cir 1536000
frame-relay bc 15360
frame-relay be 0
frame-relay mincir 1536000
service-policy output AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
!
rmon event 33333 log trap AutoQoS description "AutoQoS SNMP traps for Voice Drops" owner
AutoQoS

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Bandwidth Management Using RSVP Agents

The RSVP agent enables Cisco Unified Communications Manager to provide resource reservation for
voice and video media to ensure QoS and call admission control (CAC). The RSVP Agent registers with
Cisco Unified Communications Manager as either a media termination point or a transcoder device. Each
endpoint involved in a call normally requires an RSVP Agent. The agent pair (one agent for endpoint A,
another agent for endpoint B) signals RSVP on behalf of the endpoints that Cisco Unified
Communications Manager controls.

Note

RSVP does not support intercluster RSVP Agents.That is, RSVP does not support reservations between
two RSVP Agents that are located in different Unified Communications Manager clusters.
When a call takes place from a location that has RSVP Agent to another location that does not have
RSVP Agent, Cisco Unified Communications Manager will manage the quality of service (QoS) of the
call by using both location-based CAC and RSVP. The first part of the call, from the location that has
RSVP Agent to the hub/central site that has RSVP, uses the RSVP mechanism. The second part of the
call, from the hub/central site to the location that does not have RSVP, gets managed through
location-based CAC. If either mechanism fails to allocate bandwidth, the call fails.

RSVP Configuration on Cisco Routers

Information on using RSVP Agents with Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.4 T is available at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/products_feature_guide09186a0080615754.html.
The following commands are new or modified for this feature:

codec (DSP Farm profile)

rsvp

sccp ccm

show sccp connections rsvp

Interface-level configuration

interface Serial1/0:0
ip address 10.3.181.205 255.255.255.252
load-interval 30
auto qos voip trust
auto discovery qos
service-policy output AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
ip rsvp bandwidth 960
ip rsvp resource-provider none

hostname DFW-2-2821
ip rsvp bandwidth 960
ip rsvp resource-provider none

dspfarm profile 10 mtp

codec g711ulaw
codec pass-through
rsvp

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associate application SCCP

ip rsvp policy preempt

Two complete IOS configurations, one for a Cisco RSVP Agent on a Cisco 2821 router and the second
for a Cisco RSVP Agent configured for video deployment, are available as text files in the Resource
Library section of the Cisco Unified Communications IP Telephony Technical Information Site for
Release 5.1(1) at
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/docs/iam/unified/ipt3/Configuration_Command_Files.html.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration to Support RSVP

Configuration information is included in the "Configuring RSVP Agent" chapter in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager and Cisco IOS Interoperability Guide at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/products_configuration_guide_book09186a0080541ac8.
html.

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