To configure an ingress queue group on a forwarding plane

Note: You can configure ingress queue groups only on the forwarding planes of XCM, IOM3, and IMM cards.

You cannot configure a forwarding plane on an XCM card until you have provisioned the corresponding XMA card.

Steps
 

On the equipment tree, expand Network→NE→Shelf→Card Slot n.


Right-click on the Card Slot object and choose Properties. The Card Slot (Edit) form opens.


Click on the Forwarding Plane tab.


Choose an entry in the list and click Properties. The Forwarding Plane (Edit) form opens with the General tab displayed.


Perform one of the following:

  1. Click on the Access Ingress Queue Group tab.

  2. Click on the Network Ingress Queue Group tab.


Click Create. The Forwarding Plane Access|Ingress Queue Group (Create) form opens.


Select a Queue Group Template Policy in the Queue Group Instance panel.

Note: If you select a policy that contains queues, a configuration error message appears when you try to apply the changes.


Configure the Instance ID and Description parameters.


Select an Accounting Policy in the Accounting Policy panel.

Note: Only accounting policies with Queue Group Packets as record type are supported.

You can also choose to create an accounting policy from this form by clicking the Create button instead of the Search button. See To configure an AA accounting policy for information on creating an accounting policy and the NSP NFM-P Statistics Management Guide for general information about configuring and collecting accounting statistics.


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Configure the Collect Accounting Statistics parameter.


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Select a Policer Control Policy in the Policer Control Policy panel.


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Click Create in the Ingress Policer Control Override panel. The Ingress Policer Control Override (Create) form opens, with the General tab displayed.


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Configure the required parameters and save your changes.


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Click on the Level Override Policy Items tab.


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Select an item from the list and click OK. The FP Ingress Policer Level Override form opens, with the General tab displayed.


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Click on the Override tab and configure the Maximum Cumulative Buffer Space (bytes) parameter.


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Save your changes.


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Click on the Override Policy Items tab and click Create. The Forwarding Plane Ingress Queue Group Policer Override (Create) form opens.


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Select a policer.


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Click on the Override tab and configure the required parameters in the Overridden Queue Group Template Policer panel.

The parameters are configurable when the associated override check box is enabled.


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Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps