Basic QoS Configuration

Cisco continues to improve the ease and efficiency with which QoS mechanisms can be configured. This section addresses two of the Cisco more recent developments: MQC and AutoQoS.

Using MQC

One of the most powerful approaches to QoS configuration is the Modular Quality of Service Command-Line Interface (MQC). After you master the three basic steps of MQC, you can use them to configure a wide range of QoS tools, including queuing, policing, shaping, header compression, WRED, and marking.

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The first step of MQC is to create class-maps, which categorize traffic types. The following command enters you into class-map configuration ...

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