Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More Effectively 
Preparation for Configuring QoS 
QoS Resource Usage and Monitoring on 3400cl/6400cl 
Switches 
QoS, ACLs, multicast protocols, and Rate-Limiting configurations on the 
3400cl/6400cl switches use rule resources on a per-port basis. Per-Port rule 
usage is reserved as shown below: 
Table 8-9.  Rule Maximums on the 3400cl/6400xl Switches 
Feature  Maximum Rules Available Per-Port 
QoS and Rate-Limiting
1 
120 maximum in any 
ACLs and IGMP
2 
feature combination 
1
Configuring Rate-Limiting on a port uses one per-port rule on that port. 
2
Configuring IGMP on any static VLAN uses one per-port ACL mask on all ports. 
Table 8-10 describes rule resource use for each QoS classifier type. 
Table 8-10.  QoS Rule Resource Usage 
QoS Classifier  Port Application  Rules Used 
TCP and UDP  All Ports in the Switch  2 per TCP or UDP Application 
Device Priority  “  “  “  “  “  2 per IP Address 
ToS IP-Precedence  “  “  “  “  “  8 
ToS Diff-Services  “  “  “  “  “  1 per Codepoint
1 
VLAN  All Ports in the VLAN  1 per VLAN 
Source Port  Specified Port(s)  1 per Port
2 
1
When the ToS Diff-Services mode is enabled, each codepoint (DSCP) policy configured in 
the DSCP map and each (inbound) codepoint assigned to a DSCP policy use one rule per-
port. When this mode is disabled, all rules used by the ToS Diff-Services option, including 
any DSCP policies configured in the DSCP map, become available for other uses. 
2
Enabling source-port QoS and rate-limiting on the same port uses one rule. 
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