Policy Management Example — Configuring Quality of Service

Technical Note 2212

Last Reviewed 12-Nov-2006
Applies to:
Mobility XE version 7.1 and higher
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Summary

This technical note explains the example Quality of Service (QoS) policies that are included with Mobility XE Server 7.1. These rules demonstrate how to use traffic shaping parameters to control which types of traffic receive priority in the NetMotion tunnel.

Note: Refer to technical note 2154 for more information on using Policy Management. Detailed explanations and instructions are also available by clicking the Help link in the Policy Management page of the Mobility Console.

Example Policies

Example: Quality of Service - All other traffic at background priority

This policy sets all non-VoIP network traffic to a low priority so that it receives a lower ranking during traffic shaping. This rule may be used in a ruleset in conjunction with the next policy to give higher priority to VoIP traffic.

The parameters listed below reflect the values that are configured when Background (Lowest) is selected in the Edit Quality of Service dialog box.

Rule Description:

Apply this rule for any condition

• Set quality of service parameters for all network traffic

  •     DiffServ Code Point (DSCP) to Class 2, gold (AF21)

  •     Traffic shaping (Priority) to 0

  •     Allow items to remain in the datagram queue for only 10 milliseconds

  •     Coalesce datagrams

Example: Quality of Service - High priority for VoIP applications

This policy gives highest traffic shaping priority to VoIP traffic. Use this rule in conjunction with the rule described above to ensure VoIP traffic receives the highest priority on the network. This example policy can be edited from the Policy Management page to customize it for particular VoIP applications such as x-lite.exe, iclarity.exe, skype.exe, sjphone.exe, communicator.exe or x-pro-vonage.exe.

The parameters listed below reflect the values that are configured when Voice (Highest) is selected in the Edit Quality of Service dialog box.

Rule Description:

Apply this rule for any condition

• Set quality of service parameters

  •     DiffServ Code Point (DSCP) to Expedited forwarding (EF)

  •     Traffic shaping (Priority) to 7

  •     Allow items to remain in the datagram queue for only 300 milliseconds

  •     Transmit datagrams immediately

• for application(s)

  •     APPLICATION.EXE

• and all address(es)/port(s)

• with options else

• continue to the next rule

Example: Quality of Service - Windows Update Background Priority

This policy is an example of how to configure Windows Update Service applications to run in the background with the lowest traffic shaping priority. This example policy can be edited from the Policy Management page to customize it for Windows Update applications such as wuauclt.exe, wuauclt1.exe or wupdmgr.exe.

The parameters listed below reflect the values that are configured when Background (Lowest) is selected in the Edit Quality of Service dialog box.

Rule Description:

Apply this rule for any condition

• Set quality of service parameters

  •     DiffServ Code Point (DSCP) to Class 2, gold (AF21)

  •     Traffic shaping (Priority) to 0

  •     Allow items to remain in the datagram queue for only 10 milliseconds

  •     Coalesce datagrams

• for application(s)

  •     APPLICATION.EXE

• and all address(es)/port(s)

• with options else

• continue to the next rule

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