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352-001 · Question #199

You are designing the QoS features for a large enterprise network that includes DMVPN. When would you need to configure QoS preclassify?

The correct answer is D. when the QoS policy cannot be based on DSCP ToS bits. QoS preclassify is required with DMVPN when the QoS policy must classify traffic based on original inner-packet fields that are hidden or inaccessible after tunnel encapsulation or encryption.

Design Considerations

Question

You are designing the QoS features for a large enterprise network that includes DMVPN. When would you need to configure QoS preclassify?

Options

  • Awhen you are marking packets with the DSCP bits
  • Bwhen you are marking packets with the TOS bits
  • Cwhen your service provider requires the DSCP bits be set
  • Dwhen the QoS policy cannot be based on DSCP ToS bits

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    9% (5)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    84% (46)

Why each option

QoS preclassify is required with DMVPN when the QoS policy must classify traffic based on original inner-packet fields that are hidden or inaccessible after tunnel encapsulation or encryption.

Awhen you are marking packets with the DSCP bits

Marking packets with DSCP bits is a QoS action applied by a policy-map and does not require preclassify; preclassify is about reading pre-tunnel packet headers for classification, not marking.

Bwhen you are marking packets with the TOS bits

Marking packets with ToS bits is a QoS marking action, not a scenario that requires preclassify, which addresses classification of original headers before encapsulation.

Cwhen your service provider requires the DSCP bits be set

If the service provider requires DSCP bits to be set, that is handled by a DSCP marking policy applied to the outbound interface, not by QoS preclassify.

Dwhen the QoS policy cannot be based on DSCP ToS bitsCorrect

When a QoS policy on a DMVPN tunnel interface must classify packets based on ACL matches, source/destination IP addresses, or port numbers from the original inner packet, those fields are hidden once the packet is GRE-encapsulated and IPsec-encrypted. The 'qos pre-classify' command instructs the router to copy the inner packet header information before encapsulation so the QoS policy can still reference the original packet attributes for classification and queuing decisions.

Concept tested: QoS preclassify for DMVPN tunnel classification

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/qos_classn/configuration/xe-16/qos-classn-xe-16-book/qos-classn-preclassify.html

Topics

#QoS preclassify#DMVPN#tunnel QoS#DSCP classification

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