Getting Started

Before you begin to define your QoS policies, you should set up your QoS policy system.

Understanding the QPM-COPS Workflow

The QPM-COPS workflow is flexible and allows you to navigate freely between the management applications. Figure 5-1 shows a common workflow.

Figure 5-1: QPM-COPS Workflow

The main workflow tasks are:

Setting up the Policy System---Setup tasks include:
- Choosing a global service template
- Specifying CNR Import Settings
- Specifying Policy Export Settings
- Configuring Devices
- Managing PDPs
- Setting up a QoS database

: For more details about these tasks, see Setting Up the Policy System.

Defining Roles---You add roles through the Policy Editor. The role is a label or identifier for the policies to be applied to a specific set of interfaces, for example, Application Edge role, or Voice Edge role. QPM-COPS comes with basic pre-canned roles that you can modify.
Assigning Roles to Interfaces---After you have added devices in the Device Configuration database, and defined roles, you can assign the roles to the interfaces to which they will be applied. The role names are downloaded to the device when you commit the settings in the Device Configuration.
Defining Policies for Roles---You define policies in the Policy Editor. Policies contain filters, which define the traffic for which the policy will apply, and the actions to be carried out on matching traffic. Filter and rate limit definitions can be saved in libraries and reused.
Validate Policies---You can validate policies on managed devices and on virtual devices. You can also validate the policies for defined role combinations.
Distribute Policies---After you have defined devices, roles and policies, you can distribute the policies to the devices in the network.

Launching the QPM-COPS Web User Interface

COPS QoS Policy Manager is launched from the CiscoWorks2000 desktop. Start QPM-COPS to create, change, view your QoS configuration.

QPM-COPS uses the permission roles supported by CD One:

system administrator
network administrator
network operator
approver
help desk (guest)

All roles from help desk and above have read permission. Network administrator and system administrator roles have read-write permission.

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have the appropriate permission role to work with QPM-COPS.
Enable QoS on devices via Telnet. See "Device Configuration via Telnet" for details.

Procedure

Step 1 In your web browser, launch CiscoWorks2000. The default URL is http://<yourmachine>:1741, where <your machine> is the name of the machine with the complete QPM-COPS installation.

The CiscoWorks2000 Desktop is displayed.

Note Verify on the front page that Java, JavaScript, and cookies are enabled. If they are not enabled, change your browser preferences to enable them, then continue to the next step.

Step 2 Log in to CiscoWorks2000. The default user name is admin, and the default password is admin.

The CiscoWorks2000 navigation tree appears in the left frame.

Step 3 Click COPS QoS Policy Manager in the navigation tree.

The list of QPM-COPS applications is displayed.

Note See Understanding the QPM-COPS Web Interface for a general description of QPM-COPS application pages.

Setting Up the Policy System

These topics describe the tasks required to set up the policy system:

The service template contains end-to-end service definitions, such as service level definitions, queuing preferences, and drop mechanisms. QPM-COPS comes with several pre-defined service templates, which you can use as-is, or as a basis for new service templates.

See Choosing a Service Template.

Defining CNR Import Directory Settings

If your network has Cisco Network Registrar (CNR) integration, you can access the user group definitions via LDAP, and use them for defining user-based policies. CNR Import settings specify the directory from which you want to import user group information.

See Setting Up for CNR Import.

Defining Policy Export Directory Settings

You can export your QoS configurations to an external database via LDAP. When you specify policy export settings, your QoS configuration is automatically exported when you distribute the policies to the network devices.

See Setting Up for Policy Export.

Defining Devices

You add devices to the policy system through the Device Configuration application. After you add the devices, you can assign PDPs to them, and you can assign roles to interfaces.

See Adding Devices.

See "Device Configuration via Telnet" for information about assigning PDPs to routers via Telnet.

Tips When you add a large number of devices, it may take a few moments until the system has discovered all devices. Meanwhile, you can continue with other tasks, such as defining roles.

Managing PDPs

When you perform a complete installation, a PDP is installed on the same machine as the QPM server. You can install additional PDPs on remote servers, and these PDPs will be recognized by the Device Configuration application. You can check the status of PDPs on the PDP Management page. See "Managing PDPs" for details.

Setting Up a QoS Database

When you use QPM-COPS Policy Editor for the first time, no database is associated with your user name. You must create a new Policy database or load an existing database. See "Working with QoS Databases" for details.

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