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Configuring QoS Settings on Aruba Switches
QoS is used to classify and prioritize traffic throughout a network. QoS enables you to establish an end-to end traffic-priority policy to improve the
control and throughput of important data. You can manage available bandwidth so that the most important traffic goes first.
Aruba Central allows you to configure QoS settings on individual or group of switches through the UI. The settings that you apply at the group level
are applied to all switches in the group, except in the following conditions:

▪ A switch has a configuration override—That is, a QoS setting is changed at the device level. Once you update or apply a setting at the device
level, any further changes that you make at the group level are not applied to the switch. A notification for the configuration override is added to
the Audit Trail. If you remove local overrides on a switch, then all QoS configurations that were applied to the switch are removed, and the
configurations available at the group level are applied to the switch.
For example, when a switch does not have any policies, if you add a policy for port 2 and 3 at the group level, then the policy is applied to the
switch. If you add a policy for port 4 at the device level, and then add a policy for port 5 at the group level, then the policy for port 5 is not
applied to the switch. You must add the same policy again at the device level to apply the policy. If you remove the local overrides on the
switch, then any policies that were updated or added to the switch and the associated QoS class are replaced by the policies at the group level.
▪ A switch has invalid port number or VLAN ID—The port or VLAN to which the setting was applied at the group level is not available or is invalid
on the switch. For example, if you apply a setting to port 15 and 16 at the group level, and a switch has only ports 1 to 10, then the settings will
not be applied to that switch.

The setting that can be configured using the UI are:

▪ Creating QoS traffic policies on switches in your network to enable traffic-handling rules across the network.
▪ Defining QoS classes for a QoS Policy.
▪ Changing the priorities of traffic from various segments of your network as your business needs change.

Creating a QoS Traffic Policy

1. In the Network Operations app, select one of the following options:

▪ To select a switch group in the filter:
a. Set the filter to a group containing at least one switch.
The dashboard context for the group is displayed.
b. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.
c. Click the Config icon to view the switch configuration dashboard.

▪ To select a switch in the filter:

a. Set the filter to Global or a group containing at least one switch.
b. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.
A list of switches is displayed in the List view.
c. Click a switch under Device Name.
The dashboard context for the switch is displayed.
d. Under Manage, click Device.
The tabs to configure the switch is displayed.

2. Click QoS. The QoS page is displayed.

3. In the QoS Traffic Policy accordion, click + to add a new QoS traffic policy.
4. Configure the following parameters.

Table 1: Configuring QoS policy

Name Description Value

Policy Name The name of the QoS policy. A string

Target The target where the policy is applied. Port or VLAN

ID Select one or more ports or VLAN ID to mapped to a traffic policy. Numeric value

5. Click Save.

Editing a QoS Policy

To edit a QoS policy, point to the row for the Qos policy, and click the edit icon.

Deleting a QoS Policy

To delete a QoS policy, point to the row for the Qos policy, and click the delete icon.

Adding a QoS Class for the Policy

To define a QoS class for the a policy, complete the following steps:

1. Select a QoS policy from the New QoS Policy table. The QoS Class table is displayed below the New QoS Policy table with the configured
QoS classes.
2. Click + to add a QoS classifier for the selected policy. The Add QoS classifier window is displayed.
3. Configure the following parameters.

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Table 2: Configuring QoS class

Name Description Value

Class Name The class name of the QoS policy. A string

Packet Matching Criteria

Source The type of source for which you want to apply a policy. Any, Network, or Host.
If you select Network, enter the IP address and
wildcard mask .
If you select Host, enter the IP address.

Destination The type of destination for which you want to apply a policy. Any, Network, or Host.
If you select Network, enter the IP address and
wildcard mask .
If you select Host, enter the IP address.

Protocol Select the type of data transfer protocol from the drop-down. Protocol types
If you select UDP or TCP, the Source and Destination type and ports fields
are displayed.

Source Port(s) The port numbers of source. You can specify a comma separated list of ports Numeric value
or range of ports.

Destination The port numbers of destination. You can specify a comma separated list of Numeric value
Port(s) ports or range of ports.

Actions

DSCP Select a Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) from the drop-down. DSCP value range from 0 to 63.
Default value is No Change.

Priority Select a priority value for the selected DSCP. The priority range from 0 to 7.
0 – Normal Priority
1 – Low Priority
7 – High Priority
Default value is No Change.

Editing a QOS Class

To edit a QoS Class, point to the row for the Qos policy class, and click the edit icon.

Deleting a QOS Class

To delete a QoS Class, point to the row for the Qos policy class, and click the delete icon.

Configuring DSCP Map

DSCP map table displays mappings between Incoming DSCP and priority.
To change priority value associated with a DSCP code point, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, select one of the following options:

▪ To select a switch group in the filter:
a. Set the filter to a group containing at least one switch.
The dashboard context for the group is displayed.
b. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.
c. Click the Config icon to view the switch configuration dashboard.

▪ To select a switch in the filter:

a. Set the filter to Global or a group containing at least one switch.
b. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.
A list of switches is displayed in the List view.
c. Click a switch under Device Name.
The dashboard context for the switch is displayed.
d. Under Manage, click Device.
The tabs to configure the switch is displayed.

2. Click QoS. The QoS page is displayed.

3. Expand the DSCP Map accordion.
4. Select the Incoming DSCP row for which you want to change the priority and click the edit icon. The Edit DSCP window is displayed.
5. Select the priority value from the drop-down.
6. Click OK.

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