Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

The Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks feature provides precondition-based Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) support for basic audio call and supplementary services on Cisco Unified Border Element (UBE). This feature improves the interoperability between RSVP and non-RSVP networks. RSVP functionality added to Cisco UBE helps you to reserve the required bandwidth before making a call.

This feature extends RSVP support to delayed-offer to delayed-offer and delayed-offer to early-offer calls, along with the early-offer to early-offer calls.

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Prerequisites for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

  • RSVP policies allow you to configure separate bandwidth pools with varying limits so that any one application, such as video, can consume all the RSVP bandwidth on a specified interface at the expense of other applications, such as voice, which would be dropped.

  • To limit bandwidth per application, you must configure a bandwidth limit before configuring Support for the Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks feature. See the Configuring RSVP on an Interface.

Cisco Unified Border Element

  • Cisco IOS Release 15.0(1)XA or a later release must be installed and running on your Cisco Unified Border Element.

Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise)

  • Cisco IOS XE Release 3.1S or a later release must be installed and running on your Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router.

Restrictions for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

The Support for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks feature has the following restrictions:

  • Segmented RSVP is not supported.

  • Interoperability between Cisco UBE and Cisco Unified Communications Manager is not available.

  • RSVP-enabled video calls are not supported.

How to Configure Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

Configuring RSVP on an Interface

You must allocate some bandwidth for the interface before enabling RSVP. Perform this task to configure RSVP on an interface.

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    enable

    2.    configure terminal

    3.    interface type slot / port

    4.    ip rsvp bandwidth [reservable-bw [max-reservable-bw] [sub-pool reservable-bw]]

    5.    end


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1 enable


    Example:
    Device> enable
     

    Enables privileged EXEC mode.

    • Enter your password if prompted.

     
    Step 2 configure terminal


    Example:
    Device# configure terminal
     

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 3 interface type slot / port


    Example:
    Device(config)# interface FastEthernet 0/1
     

    Configures an interface type and enters interface configuration mode.

     
    Step 4 ip rsvp bandwidth [reservable-bw [max-reservable-bw] [sub-pool reservable-bw]]


    Example:
    Device(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 10000 100000
     

    Enables RSVP for IP on an interface.

     
    Step 5 end


    Example:
    Device(config-if)# end
     

    (Optional) Exits interface configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

     

    Configuring Optional RSVP on the Dial Peer

    Perform this task to configure optional RSVP at the dial peer level. This configuration allows you to have uninterrupted call even if there is a failure in bandwidth reservation.

    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    enable

      2.    configure terminal

      3.    dial-peer voice tag voip

      4.    no acc-qos {controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video]

      5.    req-qos {controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video] [bandwidth [default bandwidth-value] [max bandwidth-value]]

      6.    end


    DETAILED STEPS
       Command or ActionPurpose
      Step 1 enable


      Example:
      Device> enable
       

      Enables privileged EXEC mode.

      • Enter your password if prompted.

       
      Step 2 configure terminal


      Example:
      Device# configure terminal
       

      Enters global configuration mode.

       
      Step 3 dial-peer voice tag voip


      Example:
      Device(config)# dial-peer 77 voip
       

      Enters dial peer voice configuration mode.

       
      Step 4 no acc-qos {controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video]


      Example:
      Device(config-dial-peer)# no acc-qos controlled-load
       

      Removes any value configured for the acc-qos command.

      • Keywords are as follows:
        • controlled-load--Indicates that RSVP guarantees a single level of preferential service, presumed to correlate to a delay boundary. The controlled load service uses admission (or capacity) control to ensure that preferential service is received even when the bandwidth is overloaded.
        • guaranteed-delay--Indicates that RSVP reserves bandwidth and guarantees a minimum bit rate and preferential queueing if the bandwidth reserved is not exceeded.
       
      Step 5 req-qos {controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video] [bandwidth [default bandwidth-value] [max bandwidth-value]]


      Example:
      Device(config-dial-peer)# req-qos controlled-load
       

      Configures the desired quality of service (QoS) to be used.

      • Calls continue even if there is a failure in bandwidth reservation.

      Note   

      Configure the req-qos commandusing the same keyword that you used to configure the acc-qos command, either controlled-load or guaranteed-delay. That is, if you configured acc-qos controlled-load command in the previous step, then use the req-qos controlled-load command here.

       
      Step 6 end


      Example:
      Device(config-dial-peer)# end
       

      (Optional) Exits dial peer voice configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

       

      Configuring Mandatory RSVP on the Dial Peer

      Perform this task to configure Mandatory RSVP on the dial peer. This configuration ensures that the call does not connect if sufficient bandwidth is not allocated.

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    enable

        2.    configure terminal

        3.    dial-peer voice tag voip

        4.    acc-qos {best-effort | controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video]

        5.    req-qos {best-effort [audio | video] | {controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video] [bandwidth [default bandwidth-value] [max bandwidth-value]]}

        6.    end


      DETAILED STEPS
         Command or ActionPurpose
        Step 1 enable


        Example:
        Device> enable
         

        Enables privileged EXEC mode.

        • Enter your password if prompted.

         
        Step 2 configure terminal


        Example:
        Device# configure terminal
         

        Enters global configuration mode.

         
        Step 3 dial-peer voice tag voip


        Example:
        Device(config)# dial-peer 77 voip
         

        Enters dial peer voice configuration mode.

         
        Step 4 acc-qos {best-effort | controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video]


        Example:
        Device(config-dial-peer)# acc-qos best-effort
         

        Configures mandatory RSVP on the dial-peer.

        • Keywords are as follows:
          • best-effort--Indicates that Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) makes no bandwidth reservation. This is the default.
          • controlled-load--Indicates that RSVP guarantees a single level of preferential service, presumed to correlate to a delay boundary. The controlled load service uses admission (or capacity) control to ensure that preferential service is received even when the bandwidth is overloaded.
          • guaranteed-delay--Indicates that RSVP reserves bandwidth and guarantees a minimum bit rate and preferential queueing if the bandwidth reserved is not exceeded.
         
        Step 5 req-qos {best-effort [audio | video] | {controlled-load | guaranteed-delay} [audio | video] [bandwidth [default bandwidth-value] [max bandwidth-value]]}


        Example:
        Device(config-dial-peer)# req-qos controlled-load
         

        Configures mandatory RSVP on the dial-peer.

        • Calls continue even if there is a drop in the bandwidth reservation.

         
        Step 6 end


        Example:
        Device(config-dial-peer)# end
         

        (Optional) Exits dial peer voice configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

         

        Configuring Midcall RSVP Failure Policies

        Perform this task to enable call handling policies for a midcall RSVP failure.

        SUMMARY STEPS

          1.    enable

          2.    configure terminal

          3.    dial-peer voice tag voip

          4.    voice-class sip rsvp-fail-policy {video | voice} post-alert {optional keep-alive | mandatory {keep-alive | disconnect retry retry-attempts}} interval seconds

          5.    end


        DETAILED STEPS
           Command or ActionPurpose
          Step 1 enable


          Example:
          Device> enable
           

          Enables privileged EXEC mode.

          • Enter your password if prompted.

           
          Step 2 configure terminal


          Example:
          Device# configure terminal
           

          Enters global configuration mode.

           
          Step 3 dial-peer voice tag voip


          Example:
          Device(config)# dial-peer voice 66 voip
           

          Enters dial peer voice configuration mode.

           
          Step 4 voice-class sip rsvp-fail-policy {video | voice} post-alert {optional keep-alive | mandatory {keep-alive | disconnect retry retry-attempts}} interval seconds


          Example:
          Device(config-dial-peer)# voice-class sip rsvp-fail-policy voice post-alert mandatory keep-alive interval 50
           

          Enables call handling policies for a midcall RSVP failure.

          • Keywords are as follows:
            • optional keep-alive--The keepalive messages are sent when RSVP fails only if RSVP negotiation is optional.
            • mandatory keep-alive--The keepalive messages are sent when RSVP fails only if RSVP negotiation is mandatory.
          Note   

          Keepalive messages are sent at 30-second intervals when a postalert call fails to negotiate RSVP regardless of the RSVP negotiation setting (mandatory or optional).

           
          Step 5 end


          Example:
          Device(config-dial-peer)# end
           

          (Optional) Exits dial peer voice configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

           

          Configuring DSCP Values

          Perform this task to configure different Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) values based on RSVP status.

          SUMMARY STEPS

            1.    enable

            2.    configure terminal

            3.    dial-peer voice tag voip

            4.    ip qos dscp {dscp-value | set-af | set-cs | default | ef} {signaling | media [rsvp-pass | rsvp-fail] | video[rsvp-none| rsvp-pass | rsvp-fail]}

            5.    end


          DETAILED STEPS
             Command or ActionPurpose
            Step 1 enable


            Example:
            Device> enable
             

            Enables privileged EXEC mode.

            • Enter your password if prompted.

             
            Step 2 configure terminal


            Example:
            Device# configure terminal
             

            Enters global configuration mode.

             
            Step 3 dial-peer voice tag voip


            Example:
            Device(config)# dial-peer voice 66 voip
             

            Enters dial peer voice configuration mode.

             
            Step 4 ip qos dscp {dscp-value | set-af | set-cs | default | ef} {signaling | media [rsvp-pass | rsvp-fail] | video[rsvp-none| rsvp-pass | rsvp-fail]}


            Example:
            Device(config-dial-peer)# ip qos dscp af11 media rsvp-pass
             

            Configures DSCP values based on RSVP status.

            • Keywords are as follows:
              • media rsvp-pass--Specifies that the DSCP value applies to media packets with successful RSVP reservations.
              • media rsvp-fail--Specifies that the DSCP value applies to packets (media or video) with failed RSVP reservations.
              • The default DSCP value for all media (voice and fax) packets is ef.
            Note   

            You must configure the DSCP values for all cases: media rsvp-pass and media rsvp-fail.

             
            Step 5 end


            Example:
            Device(config-dial-peer)# end
             

            (Optional) Exits dial peer voice configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

             

            Configuring an Application ID

            Perform this task to configure a specific application ID for RSVP establishment.

            SUMMARY STEPS

              1.    enable

              2.    configure terminal

              3.    dial-peer voice tag voip

              4.    ip qos policy-locator {video | voice} [app app-string] [guid guid-string] [sapp subapp-string] [ver version-string]

              5.    end


            DETAILED STEPS
               Command or ActionPurpose
              Step 1 enable


              Example:
              Device> enable
               

              Enables privileged EXEC mode.

              • Enter your password if prompted.

               
              Step 2 configure terminal


              Example:
              Device# configure terminal
               

              Enters global configuration mode.

               
              Step 3 dial-peer voice tag voip


              Example:
              Device(config)# dial-peer voice 66 voip
               

              Enters dial peer voice configuration mode.

               
              Step 4 ip qos policy-locator {video | voice} [app app-string] [guid guid-string] [sapp subapp-string] [ver version-string]


              Example:
              Device(config-dial-peer)# ip qos policy-locator voice
               

              Configures a QoS policylocator (application ID) used to deploy RSVP policies for specifying bandwidth reservations on Cisco IOS Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) devices.

               
              Step 5 end


              Example:
              Device(config-dial-peer)# end
               

              (Optional) Exits dial peer voice configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

               

              Configuring Priority

              Perform this task to configure priorities for call preemption.

              SUMMARY STEPS

                1.    enable

                2.    configure terminal

                3.    dial-peer voice tag voip

                4.    ip qos defending-priority defending-pri-value

                5.    ip qos preemption-priority preemption-pri-value

                6.    end


              DETAILED STEPS
                 Command or ActionPurpose
                Step 1 enable


                Example:
                Device> enable
                 

                Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                • Enter your password if prompted.

                 
                Step 2 configure terminal


                Example:
                Device# configure terminal
                 

                Enters global configuration mode.

                 
                Step 3 dial-peer voice tag voip


                Example:
                Device(config)# dial-peer voice 66 voip
                 

                Enters dial peer voice configuration mode.

                 
                Step 4 ip qos defending-priority defending-pri-value


                Example:
                Device(config-dial-peer)# ip qos defending-priority 66
                 

                Configures the RSVP defending priority value for determining QoS.

                 
                Step 5 ip qos preemption-priority preemption-pri-value


                Example:
                Device(config-dial-peer)# ip qos preemption-priority 75
                 

                Configures the RSVP preemption priority value for determining QoS.

                 
                Step 6 end


                Example:
                Device(config-dial-peer)# end
                 

                (Optional) Exits dial peer configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                 

                Troubleshooting for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks Feature

                Use the following commands to debug any errors that you may encounter when you configure the Support for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks feature.

                • debug call rsvp-sync events

                • debug call rsvp-sync func-trace

                • debug ccsip all

                • debug ccsip messages

                • debug ip rsvp messages

                • debug sccp all

                Verifying Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

                This task explains how to display information to verify the configuration for the Support for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks feature. These commands need not be entered in any specific order.

                SUMMARY STEPS

                  1.    enable

                  2.    show sip-ua calls

                  3.    show ip rsvp installed

                  4.    show ip rsvp reservation

                  5.    show ip rsvp interface detail [interface-type number]

                  6.    show sccp connections details

                  7.    show sccp connections rsvp

                  8.    show sccp connections internal

                  9.    show sccp [all | connections | statistics]


                DETAILED STEPS
                   Command or ActionPurpose
                  Step 1 enable


                  Example:
                  Device> enable
                   

                  Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                  • Enter your password if prompted.

                   
                  Step 2 show sip-ua calls


                  Example:
                  Device# show sip-ua calls
                   

                  (Optional) Displays active user agent client (UAC) and user agent server (UAS) information on SIP calls.

                   
                  Step 3 show ip rsvp installed


                  Example:
                  Device# show ip rsvp installed
                   

                  (Optional) Displays RSVP-related installed filters and corresponding bandwidth information.

                   
                  Step 4 show ip rsvp reservation


                  Example:
                  Device# show ip rsvp reservation
                   

                  (Optional) Displays RSVP-related receiver information currently in the database.

                   
                  Step 5 show ip rsvp interface detail [interface-type number]


                  Example:
                  Device# show ip rsvp interface detail GigabitEthernet 0/0
                   

                  (Optional) Displays the interface configuration for hello.

                   
                  Step 6 show sccp connections details


                  Example:
                  Device# show sccp connections details
                   

                  (Optional) Displays SCCP connection details, such as call-leg details.

                   
                  Step 7 show sccp connections rsvp


                  Example:
                  Device# show sccp connections rsvp
                   

                  (Optional) Displays information about active SCCP connections that are using RSVP.

                   
                  Step 8 show sccp connections internal


                  Example:
                  Device# show sccp connections internal
                   

                  (Optional) Displays the internal SCCP details, such as time-stamp values.

                   
                  Step 9 show sccp [all | connections | statistics]


                  Example:
                  Device# show sccp statistics
                   

                  (Optional) Displays SCCP information, such as administrative and operational status.

                   

                  Feature Information for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

                  The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

                  Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to www.cisco.com/​go/​cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

                  Feature History Table entry for the Cisco Unified Border Element.

                  Table 1 Feature Information for Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Network

                  Feature Name

                  Releases

                  Feature Information

                  Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

                  15.0(1)XA 15.1(1)T

                  The Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks feature provides precondition-based RSVP support for basic audio call and supplementary services on the Cisco UBE.

                  The following commands were introduced or modified: acc-qos, ip qos defending-priority, ip qos dscp, ip qos policy-locator, ip qos preemption-priority, req-qos, voice-class sip rsvp-fail-policy,

                  Interworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks

                  Cisco IOS XE Release 3.1S

                  The nterworking Between RSVP Capable and RSVP Incapable Networks feature provides precondition-based RSVP support for basic audio call and supplementary services on the Cisco UBE.

                  The following commands were introduced or modified: acc-qos, ip qos defending-priority, ip qos dscp, ip qos policy-locator, ip qos preemption-priority, req-qos, voice-class sip rsvp-fail-policy,