Applying CoS Queue Mapping based on Re-Marked DSCP in vFlow
Netvisor ONE allows a vFlow policy to mark or re-mark matched outgoing packets with a DSCP value. For this purpose, it supports the set-dscp action-value parameter.
For example, a vFlow policy called myflow can be modified to remark to DSCP 46 any matching traffic like so:
CLI (network-admin@switch) > vflow-modify name myflow action set-dscp action-value 46
In this case, Netvisor ONE does not modify the egress port queue selection for outgoing traffic.
As discussed above, Netvisor ONE also allows you to create named DSCP maps as independent objects, and to apply the maps to ingress ports for classification of packets based on the DSCP markings.
In addition to that, you can apply the same DSCP maps in vFlow policies by using the dscp-map map-name parameter.
Note: Before you can apply a DSCP map, you should verify that it’s already created with the appropriate name. Once the map is used in a vFlow policy, it cannot be deleted until it remains in use.
By using the DSCP maps in vFlow policies, Netvisor ONE can modify the egress port queue selection for outgoing traffic based on the DSCP-to-CoS associations configured by the network administrator.
You can specify the name of a DSCP map in the vflow-create command:
dscp-map dscp-map name | none |
Specify the DSCP map to apply on the flow. |
Please reapply if map priorities are updated.
For example, you can modify the aforementioned vFlow policy called myflow to affect egress queue selection by applying a (default) DSCP map like so:
CLI (network-admin@switch) > dscp-map-create name dscp-map1 scope fabric
CLI (network-admin@switch) > dscp-map-pri-map-show name dscp-map1
name pri dsmap
--------- --- -----------
dscp-map1 0 none
dscp-map1 1 8,10,12,14
dscp-map1 2 16,18,20,22
dscp-map1 3 24,26,28,30
dscp-map1 4 32,34,36,38
dscp-map1 5 40
dscp-map1 6 48
dscp-map1 7 56
CLI (network-admin@switch) > vflow-modify name myflow dscp-map dscp-map1
CLI (network-admin@switch) > vflow-show name myflow format name,dscp-map,precedence,action,action-value,enable,table-name
name dscp-map precedence action action-value enable table-name
------ --------- ---------- -------- ------------ ------ --------------------
myflow dscp-map1 default set-dscp 32 enable System-L1-L4-Tun-1-0