SteelHead™ Deployment Guide : QoS Configuration and Integration
  
QoS Configuration and Integration
This chapter provides an overview of the principles of Riverbed Quality of Service (QoS). Additionally, it shows how to configure Riverbed QoS and how to integrate SteelHeads into existing QoS architectures.
This chapter includes the following sections:
  • Overview of Riverbed QoS
  • QoS Concepts
  • Configuring QoS
  • Inbound QoS
  • LAN Bypass
  • QoS for IPv6
  • QoS in Virtual In-Path and Out-of-Path Deployments
  • QoS in Multiple SteelHead Deployments
  • QoS and Multiple WAN Interfaces
  • Integrating SteelHeads into Existing QoS Architectures
  • QoS Enforcement Best Practices
  • Upgrading to RiOS Version 9.0
  • Guidelines for the Maximum Number of QoS Classes, Sites, and Rules
    • A QoS configuration generally requires the configuration of many SteelHeads. To avoid repetitive configuration steps on single SteelHeads, Riverbed strongly recommends that you use the SCC v9.0 or later to configure QoS on your SteelHeads. SCC enables you to configure one time and to send it out to multiple SteelHeads instead of connecting to a SteelHead, performing the configuration, and repeating the same configuration for all SteelHeads in the network. For details, see the SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead User’s Guide.
    If you are using a release previous to RiOS v9.0, the features described in the chapter are not applicable. For information about applications before RiOS v9.0, see earlier versions of the SteelHead Deployment Guide on the Riverbed Support site at https://support.riverbed.com.
    For more information about Riverbed QoS, see the SteelHead Management Console User’s Guide. For configuration examples, see QoS Configuration Examples.
    This chapter requires you be familiar with Topology and Application Definitions.