Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

Last Updated: January 18, 2012

The Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name feature provides the ability to download a policy name that describes quality of service (QoS) parameters for a user session from a RADIUS server and apply them for the particular session.

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Prerequisites for Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

Before you configure the Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name feature, you must locally define on your router the policy whose name is received from the RADIUS server.

Information About Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

Effective with Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1, separate Cisco vendor-specific attributes (VSAs) are added for the service map.

VSAs Added for Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

Two new VSAs have been added for the service map, and the VSAs will bypass the parser while applying the policy for a particular user or session. The new VSAs are as follows:

  • vendor-id=9 (Cisco) Vendor type 37 for upstream traffic to input policy name
  • vendor-id=9 (Cisco) Vendor type 38 for downstream traffic to output policy name

Cisco AV Pairs for Policy-Maps

In Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1, the following two Cisco AV pairs for policy maps are defined at the ATM VC level:

  • Cisco VSA attribute vc-qos-policy-in
  • Cisco VSA attribute vc-qos-policy-out

These VSA attributes are formatted as:

  • cisco-avpair = "atm:vc-qos-policy-in=<in policy name>"
  • cisco-avpair = "atm:vc-qos-policy-out=<out policy name>"

In addition, two Cisco Generic RADIUS VSAs replace two others that do not correctly follow the Cisco VSA naming guidelines.

The two replacement VSAs are:

  • cisco-avpair = "ip:sub-qos-policy-in=<in policy name>"
  • cisco-avpair = "ip:sub-qos-policy-out=<out policy name>"

These VSAs should be used in place of the following outdated, generic VSAs:

  • cisco-avpair = "ip:sub-policy-In=<in policy name>"
  • cisco-avpair = "ip:sub-policy-Out=<out policy name>"

Note
We recommend using the new VSAs. However, the replaced attributes are currently still supported.

How to Configure Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

To configure per-user QoS, use the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) policy name that you have received from the RADIUS server. To configure QoS policy, refer to the How to Configure Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fdial_c/fnsprt11/dafprusr.htm

Monitoring and Maintaining Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

To monitor and maintain per-user QoS using the AAA policy name, use the following debug commands:

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    debug aaa authorization

3.    debug aaa per-user


DETAILED STEPS
  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Router> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
debug aaa authorization


Example:

Router# debug aaa authorization

 

Displays information about AAA/TACACS+ authorization.

 
Step 3
debug aaa per-user


Example:

Router# debug aaa per-user

 

Displays information about per-user QoS parameters.

 

Configuration Example for Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

The following example shows per-user QoS being configured using the AAA policy name "policy_class_1_2":

!NAS configuration 
class-map match-all class1 
 match access-group 101 
class-map match-all class2 
 match qos-group 4 
 match access-group 101 
policy-map policy_class_1_2 
 class class1 
 bandwidth 3000 
 queue-limit 30 
 class class2 
 bandwidth 2000 
 class class-default 
 bandwidth 500 
!RADIUS Profile Configuration
peruser_qos_1    Password = "password1" 
 Service-Type = Framed, 
 Framed-Protocol = PPP, 
 Cisco:Cisco-avpair = "ip:sub-qos-policy-in=ssspolicy"
!ssspolicy in the above line is the name of the policy.
peruser_qos_2    Password = "password1" 
 Service-Type = Framed, 
 Framed-Protocol = PPP, 
 Cisco:Cisco-avpair = "ip:sub-qos-policy-out=ssspolicy"

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name.

Related Documents

Related Topic

Document Title

AAA per-user and QoS configurations and information about the policy-map command

  • Configuring Per-User Configuration
  • Cisco IOS Security Command Reference

Standards

Standards

Title

No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature.

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MIBs

MIBs

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To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS XE software releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

RFCs

RFCs

Title

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Feature Information for Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

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Table 1 Feature Information for Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1

You can use the Per-User QoS via AAA Policy Name feature to download a policy name that describes QoS parameters for a user session from a RADIUS server and apply them for a particular session.

In Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1, this feature was implemented on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers.

Glossary

RADIUS --Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. RADIUS is a database for authenticating modem and ISDN connections and for tracking connection time.

VSA --vendor-specific attribute. A VSA is an attribute that has been implemented by a particular vendor. It uses the attribute Vendor-Specific to encapsulate the resulting AV pair: essentially, Vendor-Specific = protocol:attribute = value.

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