Understanding How Automatic Qos Works - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Using Automatic QoS
This chapter describes how to use the automatic quality of service (QoS) configuration features on the
Catalyst 6500 series switches.
For complete syntax and usage information for the commands that are used in this chapter, refer to the
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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference publication.
Automatic QoS is not supported on Supervisor Engine 720 in software release 8.1(1).
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For information on using automatic voice configuration, see the
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This chapter consists of these sections:
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Understanding How Automatic QoS Works

Automatic QoS consists of a macro that simplifies the QoS configuration on the Catalyst 6500 series
switches. The automatic QoS macro covers all the QoS configuration tasks that are required for
implementing the recommended Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data (AVVID) settings
for a voice port.
Automatic QoS focuses on the voice networks that are built using the Cisco IP Phone 79xx series and
the Cisco SoftPhone. However, other phones can equally benefit from the automatically configured QoS
settings. With automatic QoS, you use keywords, such as ciscoipphone or ciscosoftphone, or other
AVVID types to allow you to specify the type of QoS parameters that you desire on a particular port.
With automatic QoS, all appropriate QoS settings (Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF)-recommended values and proven AVVID settings) are applied to the port.
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Understanding How Automatic QoS Works, page 53-1
QoS Overview, page 53-2
Using the Automatic QoS Macro on the Switch, page 53-3
Using Automatic QoS in Your Network, page 53-28
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