Quality of Service for VPNs

The QoS for VPNs feature provides a solution for making Cisco IOS QoS services operate in conjunction with tunneling and encryption on an interface. Cisco IOS software can classify packets and apply the appropriate QoS service before the data is encrypted and tunneled. The QoS for VPN feature allows users to look inside the packet so that packet classification can be done based on original port numbers and based on source and destination IP addresses. This allows the service provider to treat mission critical or multi-service traffic with higher priority across their network.

Finding Feature Information

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Information About Quality of Service for Virtual Private Networks

QoS for VPNs

The QoS for VPNs feature provides a solution for making Cisco IOS QoS services operate in conjunction with tunneling and encryption on an interface. Cisco IOS software can classify packets and apply the appropriate QoS service before the data is encrypted and tunneled. The QoS for VPN feature allows users to look inside the packet so that packet classification can be done based on original port numbers and based on source and destination IP addresses. This allows the service provider to treat mission critical or multi-service traffic with higher priority across their network.

How to Configure QoS for VPNs

Configuring QoS When Using IPsec VPNs

This task uses the qos pre-classify command to enable QoS preclassification for the packet. QoS preclassification is not supported for all fragmented packets. If a packet is fragmented, each fragment might received different preclassifications.


Note

This task is required only if you are using IPsec Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Otherwise, this task is not necessary. For information about IPsec VPNs, see the “Configuring Security for VPNs with IPsec” module.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. crypto map map-name seq-num
  4. exit
  5. interface type number [name-tag ]
  6. qos pre-classify
  7. end

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1

enable

Example:


Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

crypto map map-name seq-num

Example:


Router(config)# crypto map mymap 10

Enters crypto map configuration mode and creates or modifies a crypto map entry.

  • Enter the crypto map name and sequence number.

Step 4

exit

Example:


Router(config-crypto-map)# exit

Returns to global configuration mode.

Step 5

interface type number [name-tag ]

Example:


Router(config)# interface serial4/0/0

Configures an interface type and enters interface configuration mode.

  • Enter the interface type and number.

Step 6

qos pre-classify

Example:


Router(config-if)# qos pre-classify

Enables QoS preclassification.

Step 7

end

Example:


Router(config-if)# end

(Optional) Exits interface configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Configuration Examples for QoS for VPNs

Example Configuring QoS When Using IPsec VPNs

The following is an example of configuring QoS when using IPsec VPNs. In this example, the crypto map command specifies the IPsec crypto map (mymap 10) to which the qos pre-classify command will be applied. 


Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# crypto map mymap 10
 
Router(config-crypto-map)# qos pre-classify
Router(config-crypto-map)# exit

Additional References for QoS for VPNs

Related Documents

Related Topic

Document Title

Cisco commands

Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases

QoS commands: complete command syntax, command modes, command history, defaults, usage guidelines, and examples

Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference

Classifying network traffic

“Classifying Network Traffic” module

MQC

“Applying QoS Features Using the MQC” module

Marking network traffic

“Marking Network Traffic” module

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Feature Information for QoS for VPNs

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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Table 1. Feature Information for QoS for VPNs

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Quality of Service for Virtual Private Networks

12.2(2)T

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S

The QoS for VPNs feature provides a solution for making Cisco IOS QoS services operate in conjunction with tunneling and encryption on an interface. Cisco IOS software can classify packets and apply the appropriate QoS service before the data is encrypted and tunneled. The QoS for VPN feature allows users to look inside the packet so that packet classification can be done based on original port numbers and based on source and destination IP addresses. This allows the service provider to treat mission critical or multi-service traffic with higher priority across their network.

QoS: Traffic Pre-classification

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1

This feature was introduced on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.