Qos Techniques - HP 6125G Configuration Manual

QoS techniques

The QoS techniques include traffic classification, traffic policing, traffic shaping, line rate, congestion
management, and congestion avoidance. They address problems that arise at different positions of a
network.
Figure 4 Placement of the QoS techniques in a network
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congestion avoidance mainly implement the following functions:
Traffic classification—Uses certain match criteria to assign packets with the same characteristics to
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a class. Based on classes, you can provide differentiated services.
Traffic policing—Polices flows entering or leaving a device, and imposes penalties on traffic flows
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that exceed the pre-set threshold to prevent aggressive use of network resources. You can apply
traffic policing to both incoming and outgoing traffic of a port.
Traffic shaping—Proactively adapts the output rate of traffic to the network resources available on
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the downstream device to eliminate packet drops. Traffic shaping usually applies to the outgoing
traffic of a port.
Congestion management—Provides a resource scheduling policy to determine the packet
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forwarding sequence when congestion occurs. Congestion management usually applies to the
outgoing traffic of a port.
• Congestion avoidance—Monitors the network resource usage, and is usually applied to the
outgoing traffic of a port. When congestion worsens, congestion avoidance reduces the queue
length by dropping packets.
Figure 4, traffic classification, traffic shaping, traffic policing, congestion management, and
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