Understanding How QoS Works
Figure 41-7 Single-Port ATM OC-12 Switching Module Marking
From switching
engine or MSFC
QoS Feature Set Summary
The QoS feature set on your switch is determined by the switching engine on the supervisor engine.
Enter the show module command for the supervisor engine to display your switching engine
configuration. The display shows the "Sub-Type" to be one of the following:
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The Layer 3 Switching Engine WS-F6K-PFC and Layer 3 Switching Engine II support similar feature
sets. The two Layer 2 switching engines support the same QoS feature set.
These sections describe the QoS feature sets:
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Catalyst 6000 Family Software Configuration Guide—Releases 6.3 and 6.4
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Single-port ATM OC-12 switching module marking
Supervisor Engine 2 (WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE) with Layer 3 Switching Engine II
(WS-F6K-PFC2—Policy Feature Card 2 or PFC2)
Supervisor Engine 1 (WS-X6K-SUP1A-2GE or WS-X6K-SUP1-2GE) with one of the following:
Layer 3 Switching Engine (WS-F6K-PFC—Policy Feature Card or PFC)
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Layer 2 Switching Engine II (WS-F6020A)
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Layer 2 Switching Engine I (WS-F6020)
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Ethernet Ingress Port Features, page 41-9
Layer 3 Switching Engine Features, page 41-9
Layer 2 Switching Engine Features, page 41-9
Ethernet Egress Port Features, page 41-9
Single-Port ATM OC-12 Switching Module Features, page 41-9
Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC or MSFC2), page 41-9
Write ToS
Yes
IP traffic
byte into
from PFC?
packet
No
Transmit
cell
Chapter 41
Configuring QoS
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