RE: ASA priority

Still only valid for class-default, but I guess we both learn something:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/command/reference/s1_72.html#wp1301526

-ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos G Mendioroz [mailto:tron_at_huapi.ba.ar]
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 7:59 PM
To: Ryan West
Cc: Cisco certification
Subject: Re: ASA priority

Not true for some time now.
ASA 7.2(4) supports shaping, and ever since.
Researching this I found some info that contradicts what I have learned before. It seems you can mix shaping and priority. That would make for a valid use case.

-Carlos

Ryan West @ 28/06/2011 20:43 -0300 dixit:
> ASAs have priority and policing, but not shaping.
>
> Sent from handheld
>
> On Jun 28, 2011, at 7:23 PM, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to understand a use case for using priority (QoS) in an ASA.
>> AFAIK, LLQ is a congestion management (i.e. queueing) tool.
>> Having the ASAs Gig interfaces, and usually 1:1 (i.e. no fan in),
>> when/how is an interface going to be congested, so that configuring
>> priority makes sense ?
>>
>> To top this, you may think that doing shaping may create a "virtual"
>> congestion, but ASAs can not mix priority and shapping AFAIK.
>>
>> Looking for some help understanding this...
>> -Carlos
>>
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