Quality of Service Guide QoS and QoS Policies 
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3.7.2 Service Ingress QoS Policies
Service ingress QoS policies define ingress service forwarding class queues and 
map flows to those queues. When a service ingress QoS policy is created, it always 
has a default ingress traffic queue defined that cannot be deleted. These queues 
exist within the definition of the policy. The queues only get created when the policy 
is applied to a SAP.
MC-MLPPP SAP egress Defines up to eight forwarding class queues and queue 
parameters for traffic classification
Maps one or more forwarding classes to the queues
MC-MLPPP 
SAP Egress 
QoS Policies
Network Network 
interface
Packets are marked using QoS policies on edge devices, 
such as the 7705 SAR at access ingress. Invoking a QoS 
policy on a network port allows for the packets that match the 
policy criteria to be re-marked at network egress for 
appropriate CoS handling across the network
Network QoS 
Policies
Network 
Queue
Adapter card 
network 
ingress and 
egress
Defines forwarding class mappings to network queues Network 
Queue QoS 
Policies
Slope Adapter card 
ports
Enables or disables the high-slope and low-slope 
parameters within the egress or ingress queue
Slope Policies 
(WRED and 
RED)
ATM Traffic 
Descriptor 
Profile
SAP ingress  Defines the expected rates and characteristics of traffic. 
Specified traffic parameters are used for policing ATM cells 
and for selecting the service category for the per-VC queue.
ATM Traffic 
Descriptor 
Profiles
SAP egress  Defines the expected rates and characteristics of traffic. 
Specified traffic parameters are used for scheduling and 
shaping ATM cells and for selecting the service category for 
the per-VC queue.
ATM Traffic 
Descriptor 
Profiles
Fabric Profile Adapter card 
access and 
network 
ingress
Defines access and network ingress to-fabric shapers at 
user-configurable rates
Fabric Profiles
Shaper Adapter card 
ports
Defines dual-rate shaping parameters for a shaper group in 
a shaper policy 
Shaper 
Policies
Table 18 QoS Policy Types and Descriptions  (Continued)
Policy Type Applied at… Description Section