How To Configure Punt Policing And Monitoring - Cisco ASR 920 Series Configuration Manual

How to Configure Punt Policing and Monitoring

packets, and while some of them are critical for the router operation and should not be dropped, some can be
dropped without impacting the router operation.
Punt policing frees the RP from having to process noncritical traffic. Traffic is placed in queues based on
various criteria, and you can configure the maximum punt rate for each queue which allows you to configure
the system so that packets are less likely to be dropped from queues that contain critical traffic.
Traffic on certain CPU queues could still be dropped, regardless of the configured punt rate, based on
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other criteria such as the queue priority, queue size, and traffic punt rate.
How to Configure Punt Policing and Monitoring
Configuring Punt Policing
Traffic on a specific CPU queue may be dropped irrespective of the configured maximum punt rate, based
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on the queue priority, queue size, and the configured traffic punt rate.
Perform this task to specify the maximum punt rate on the specified queue.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. platform qos-policer queue queue-id cir
4. end
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
enable
Example:
Step 2
configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
Step 3 platform qos-policer queue queue-id cir
Example:
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Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Enters global configuration mode.
Enables punt policing on a queue, and specifies the
maximum punt rate on a per-queue basis.
Punt Policing and Monitoring