QoS Configuration

Policy > QoS

By using pipes, Hillstone devices implement QoS. Using pipes includes the following sections:

Create the traffic matching conditions, which are used to control the traffic that matches these conditions.

Create a white list according to your requirements. The system will not control the traffic in the white list. Only root pipe and the default pipe support the white list.

Specify the traffic management actions, which are used to deal with the traffic that is classified into a pipe.

Note： If configuring multiple traffic matching conditions for a pipe, the logical relation between each condition is OR.

In the QoS page, you can perform the following actions:

Select Level-1 Control or Level-2 Control and then click New (

) in the menu bar to create a new root pipe in the pop-up dialog.

Select a root pipe or a sub pipe and then click New (

) in the menu bar to create a new sub pipe in the pop-up dialog.

With the Condition tab active, select a condition and then click Edit (

) in the menu bar to edit the traffic matching condition in the pop-up dialog.

In the Pipe Details tab, click the Edit link to edit the pipe, schedule, or the action.

Click Delete (

) in the menu bar to delete the selected pipes or conditions.

Click Enable in the menu bar to enable the selected pipes.

Click Disable in the menu bar to disable the selected pipes.

Click Pipe Details at the top-right corner and select All Pipes to view configurations of all pipes.

Note:

The default pipe and the traffic control levels cannot be deleted.
The newly created pipes will be enabled by default.
The disabled pipes or traffic controls levels will not take effect during the process of QoS.

Options in the Pipe Configuration dialog:

Option

Description

Pipe Name

Specify a name for the new pipe.

QoS Mode

Specify the QoS mode for the root pipe or the default pipe:

Shape (default): Traffic shaping, working on egress interfaces, is used to smooth the egress traffic according to the rate configuration. When using this mode, traffic in the pipe supports the bandwidth lending and priority adjustment. Bandwidth lending: for all sub pipes of a root pipe, if the bandwidth of a sub pipe can satisfy its bandwidth requirements, the extra bandwidth of this sub pipe will be shared to other pipes whose bandwidth resource is shortage. Priority adjustment: when the traffic congestion occurred, the traffic that exceeds the bandwidth limits will enter the queue. Then you can set the priority for the traffic so that it can be dealt with first.
Police: Drop the packets that exceed the bandwidth limits. This mode does not support the bandwidth lending and priority adjustment. And also, the Police mode does not support the minimum bandwidth assurance.
Monitor: The system will monitor and statistically the traffic that matches the traffic matching conditions and does not perform any actions.

Parent Pipe/Control Level

Displays the control level or the parent pipe of the newly created pipe.

Schedule

Specify the schedule when the pipe will take effect. Currently, you can only specify the schedule for the root pipe.

Condition/Whitelist: Select the Condition or Whitelist tab, and then click New.

Source Information

Specify the source information of the traffic:

Zone: Select the source zone of the traffic from the drop-down menu.
Interface: Select the source interface of the traffic from the drop-down menu.
Address: Select the source address of the traffic from the drop-down menu.

Destination Information

Specify the destination information:

Zone: Select the destination zone of the traffic from the drop-down menu.
Interface: Select the destination interface of the traffic from the drop-down menu.
Address: Select the destination address of the traffic from the drop-down menu.

User Information

Specify the user that the traffic belongs to:

AAA: Select the AAA server that the users or user groups belong to from the drop-down menu.
User/User Group: Select the user/user group from the drop-down menu.

Other Information

Specify other information of the traffic:

Service/Service Group: Select the desired services/service groups from the drop-down menu, including the predefined services and customized services. You can also create new services/service groups according to your requirements.
APP/APP Group: Select the desired applications/application groups, including the predefined applications or customized applications. You can also create new application groups according to your requirements.
VLAN: Enter the VLAN information of the traffic in the text box.
ToS: Enter the ToS fields of the traffic; or click Configure to specify the ToS fields of the IP header of the traffic in the appeared ToS Configuration page.
- Precedence: Specify the precedence.
- Delay: Specify the minimum delay.
- Throughput: Specify the maximum throughput.
- Reliability: Specify the highest reliability.
- Cost: Specify the minimum monetary cost.
- Reserved: Specify the normal service.

Action: Select the Action tab.

Forward

Controls the traffic that flows from the source to the destination. For the traffic that matches the conditions, the system will perform the corresponding actions.

Pipe BW

Specify the maximum bandwidth and the minimum bandwidth of the pipe:

Min BW: Specify the minimum bandwidth of the pipe.
Max BW: Specify the maximum bandwidth of the pipe.

Per IP/User BW

Specify the maximum bandwidth and minimum bandwidth of the pipe for each user/IP:

Type: Select the type of the bandwidth limitation: Empty, Per IP, or Per User. Empty represents that the system will not limit the bandwidth for each IP or each user. When selecting Per IP, select Source IP to limit the bandwidth of the source IP in this pipe; or select Destination IP to limit the bandwidth of the destination IP in this pipe.
Min BW: Specify the minimum bandwidth.
Max BW: Specify the maximum bandwidth.

Priority

Specify the priority for the pipes. Select a number, between 0 and 7, from the drop-down menu. The smaller the value is, the higher the priority is. When a pipe has higher priority, the system will first deal with the traffic in it and borrow the extra bandwidth from other pipes for it. The priority of the default pipe is 7.

ToS

Enter the ToS fields of the traffic; or click Configure. In the appeared ToS Configuration page, enter the ToS fields of the IP header of the traffic.

Precedence: Specify the precedence.
Delay: Specify the minimum delay.
Throughput: Specify the maximum throughput.
Reliability: Specify the reliability.
Cost: Specify the minimum monetary cost.
Reserved: Specify the normal service.

Backward

Controls the traffic that flows from the destination to the source. For the traffic that matches the conditions, the system will perform the corresponding actions.

Pipe BW

Specify the maximum bandwidth and the minimum bandwidth of the pipe:

Min BW: Specify the minimum bandwidth of the pipe.
Max BW: Specify the maximum bandwidth of the pipe.

Per IP/User BW

Specify the maximum bandwidth and minimum bandwidth of the pipe for each user/IP:

Type: Select the type of the bandwidth limitation: Empty, Per IP, or Per User. Empty represents that the system will not limit the bandwidth for each IP or each user. When selecting Per IP, select Source IP to limit the bandwidth for source IP in this pipe; or select Destination IP to limit the bandwidth for the destination IP in this pipe.
Min BW: Specify the minimum bandwidth.
Max BW: Specify the maximum bandwidth.

Priority

ToS

Enter the ToS fields of the traffic; or click Configure. In the appeared ToS Configuration page, enter the ToS fields of the IP header of the traffic.

Precedence: Specify the precedence.
Delay: Specify the minimum delay.
Throughput: Specify the maximum throughput.
Reliability: Specify the highest reliability.
Cost: Specify the minimum monetary cost.
Reserved: Specify the normal service.