Quality of Service
Configuring QoS Advanced Mode
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A policer is configured with a QoS specification. There are two kinds of policers:
• Single (Regular) Policer—A single policer applies the QoS to a single class 
map, and to a single flow based on the policer's QoS specification. When a 
class map using single policer is bound to multiple ports, each port has its 
own instance of single policer; each applying the QoS on the class map 
(flow) at ports that are otherwise independent of each other. A single 
policer is created on the Policy Class Maps page.
• Aggregate Policer—An aggregate policer applies the QoS to one or more 
class maps, and one or more flows. An aggregation policer can support 
class maps from different policies. An aggregate policer applies QoS to all 
of its flows in aggregation regardless of policies and ports. An aggregate 
policer is created on the Aggregate Policer page.
An aggregate policer is defined if the policer is to be shared with more than 
one class. Policers on a port cannot be shared with other policers in another 
device. 
Each policer is defined with its own QoS specification with a combination of the 
following parameters:
• A maximum allowed rate, called a Committed Information Rate (CIR), 
measured in kbps. 
• An action to be applied to frames that are over the limits (called out-of-
profile traffic), where such frames can be passed as is or be dropped. 
Assigning a policer to a class map is done when a class map is added to a policy. 
If the policer is an aggregate policer, you must create it on the Aggregate Policer 
page.
Configuring Aggregate Policers
An aggregate policer applies the QoS to one or more class maps, which equates 
to one or more flows. An aggregation policer can support class maps from 
different policies and applies the QoS to all of its flows in aggregation regardless 
of policies and ports.
To define an aggregate policer:
STEP 1 Click Quality of Service > QoS Advanced Mode > Aggregate Policer. 
STEP  2 Click Add.