From: Schulz, Dave (DSchulz@dpsciences.com)
Date: Sat Mar 11 2006 - 11:57:11 GMT-3
Thanks, Chris.  I guess I was trying to use the ping to messure this.  Thanks
for the clarification.
Dave
________________________________
From: Chris Lewis [mailto:chrlewiscsco@gmail.com]
Sent: Sat 3/11/2006 9:47 AM
To: Schulz, Dave
Cc: Popgeorgiev Nikolay; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: QoS policer, buckets, tokens
Not sure how you're calculating that. Ping is an indeterminate tool for
testing throughput, I would not try to use it for calculating accuracy of the
policer. I really do believe the policers and shapers are accurate now, a LOT
of internal testing validates that. The only way to really test the accuracy
is by something like a smartbits.
Chris
On 3/11/06, Schulz, Dave <DSchulz@dpsciences.com> wrote:
        Chris -
        I ran through your explanation in the lab, and it worked just as you
mentioned.  However, I was just trying to do the math and am bit confused.  I
am assuming that the ping of ping of a 450 bytes (equates to 3600 bps) and we
are experiencing a drop.  Shouldn't we be able to transfer these without a
drop up to 16000 (bc of 128000/8).  I think I am missing something on the math
here.  Thanks for any clarification.
        Dave
        ________________________________
        From: nobody@groupstudy.com on behalf of Chris Lewis
        Sent: Thu 3/9/2006 12:45 PM
        To: Popgeorgiev Nikolay
        Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
        Subject: Re: QoS policer, buckets, tokens
        This is fairly easy to test, consider R1 connected to R2 over an HDLC link.
        I configure inbound policing on R2 like this and R1 for a clocked rate of
        512000
        policy-map test
        class class-default
          police cir 128000 bc 1000
            conform-action transmit
            exceed-action drop
        !
        interface Serial0/1
        ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
        service-policy input test
        To start testing, R2 shows the following
        R2(config-if)#do sho policy-map int
        Serial0/1
        Service-policy input: test
           Class-map: class-default (match-any)
             0 packets, 0 bytes
             5 minute offered rate 0 bps, drop rate 0 bps
             Match: any
             police:
                 cir 128000 bps, bc 1000 bytes
               conformed 0 packets, 0 bytes; actions:
                 transmit
               exceeded 0 packets, 0 bytes; actions:
                 drop
               conformed 0 bps, exceed 0 bps
        I now ping from R1 with varying packet sizes
        R1#ping
        Protocol [ip]:
        Target IP address: 10.1.1.2
        Repeat count [5]: 50
        Datagram size [100]: 450
        Timeout in seconds [2]: 1
        Extended commands [n]:
        Sweep range of sizes [n]:
        Type escape sequence to abort.
        Sending 50, 450-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 1 seconds:
        !!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!
        Success rate is 76 percent (38/50), round-trip min/avg/max = 16/16/16 ms
        R1#ping
        Protocol [ip]:
        Target IP address: 10.1.1.2
        Repeat count [5]: 50
        Datagram size [100]: 950
        Timeout in seconds [2]: 1
        Extended commands [n]:
        Sweep range of sizes [n]:
        Type escape sequence to abort.
        Sending 50, 950-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 1 seconds:
        !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
        Success rate is 50 percent (11/22), round-trip min/avg/max = 32/32/32 ms
        Now if I try with packet size 1001, nothing gets through
        R1#ping
        Protocol [ip]:
        Target IP address: 10.1.1.2
        Repeat count [5]:
        Datagram size [100]: 1001
        Timeout in seconds [2]: 1
        Extended commands [n]:
        Sweep range of sizes [n]:
        Type escape sequence to abort.
        Sending 5, 1001-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 1 seconds:
        .....
        If I change the policy-map on R2 to the following
        policy-map test
        class class-default
          police cir 128000 bc 2000
            conform-action transmit
            exceed-action drop
        I get these results
        R1#ping
        Protocol [ip]:
        Target IP address: 10.1.1.2
        Repeat count [5]: 50
        Datagram size [100]: 950
        Timeout in seconds [2]: 1
        Extended commands [n]:
        Sweep range of sizes [n]:
        Type escape sequence to abort.
        Sending 50, 950-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 1 seconds:
        !!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!!.!!
        Success rate is 76 percent (38/50), round-trip min/avg/max = 32/32/32 ms
        This is exactly the same success rate as with Bc equal to 1000 on R2, so you
        can see Bc does not affect sustained throughput.
        Now however if I try one more test
        R1#ping
        Protocol [ip]:
        Target IP address: 10.1.1.2
        Repeat count [5]: 50
        Datagram size [100]: 2001
        Timeout in seconds [2]: 1
        Extended commands [n]:
        Sweep range of sizes [n]:
        Type escape sequence to abort.
        Sending 50, 2001-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 1 seconds:
        !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
        Success rate is 50 percent (25/50), round-trip min/avg/max = 64/64/64 ms
        Packest above the Bc size are getting allowed, this is because the interfce
        MTU on so/1 is set to 1500 and they are fragmented.
        If I change the clock rate to 64000 on R1, I get
        R1#ping
        Protocol [ip]:
        Target IP address: 10.1.1.2
        Repeat count [5]: 50
        Datagram size [100]: 950
        Timeout in seconds [2]: 1
        Extended commands [n]:
        Sweep range of sizes [n]:
        Type escape sequence to abort.
        Sending 50, 950-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 1 seconds:
        !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        Success rate is 100 percent (50/50), round-trip min/avg/max = 240/241/244 ms
        R1#ping
        Protocol [ip]:
        Target IP address: 10.1.1.2
        Repeat count [5]: 50
        Datagram size [100]: 2001
        Timeout in seconds [2]:
        Extended commands [n]:
        Sweep range of sizes [n]:
        Type escape sequence to abort.
        Sending 50, 2001-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
        !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        Success rate is 100 percent (50/50), round-trip min/avg/max = 512/512/516 ms
        So you have to look at the overall way the packet is delivered to see what
        will get through and what will not.
        Chris
        On 3/9/06, Popgeorgiev Nikolay <nikolay.popgeorgiev@siemens.com> wrote:
	>
	>  Ok thanks both of you I will real the previous post also
	> but Chris,
	>
	> if a packet with size of 1500 bytes comes it can never never be served, no
	> matter how much time has elapse after the previous packet used the tokens,
	> cause the max bucket size can be 1000bytes right ?
	>
	> And what matters how big I will make the bucket (Bc) when the average will
	> be the same in the infinity ?
	>
	> what is the difference in real situation between these two command:
	>
	> police 128000 bc 1000
	> police 128000 bc 2000
	>
	> thanks !
	> Nick
	>
	>
	>
	>
	>
	>
	>  ------------------------------
	> *From:* Chris Lewis [mailto: chrlewiscsco@gmail.com]
	> *Sent:* Thursday, March 09, 2006 5:00 PM
	> *To:* Popgeorgiev Nikolay
	> *Cc:* ccielab@groupstudy.com
	> *Subject:* Re: QoS policer, buckets, tokens
	>
	>
	>  The previous post
	> http://www.groupstudy.com/archives/ccielab/200509/msg00978.html may help.
	> Policing calculations are done as a packet arrives, the Bc defines the
        depth
	> of teh token bucket, meaning if there are free toekns after the policing
	> calculation done as a packet arrives, they will be put there for later use
	> if needed. The CIR sets the rate that will be achieved on a continual
        basis.
	>
	>
	> In your case, the size of the packet is not inherently the issue. A packet
	> will be forwarded if [t-t1]*CIR, where t is time of packet arrival and t1
        is
	> time of last packet arrival is greater than the number of bits to be
	> transmitted, so it is more a case of the time between packets being
offered
	> for transmission as well as their size, rather than anything to do with
	> their size as an isolated consideration.
	>
	> Chris
	>
	>
	>  On 3/9/06, Popgeorgiev Nikolay <nikolay.popgeorgiev@siemens.com> wrote:
	>
	> > Dear all,
	> >
	>
	> After long and useless reading of all kinds of books, white papers, docCDs
	> and other I can say that policing is still a mistery for me.
	> Please help.
	>
	> I think I understand very clearly shaping and the idea of Bc, Be and
	> tokens around it. But in policing it is a little different.
	>
	> Let me tell you how I understand the things and tell me where my mistake
	> is.
	>
	> When I configure this command under policy-map
	>
	> Police 128000 bc 1000 conform-acion transmit exceed-action drop,
	>
	> As I understand the fundamentals a packet will be forwarded if:
	>        - the packet is smaller than the Bc bucket or smaller than 1000
	> bytes in this case (otherwise fragmentation will be a good idea)
	>        - enough time has elapsed after the previous packet was forwarded
	> and the token bucket is filled enough to serve our packet
	>
	> Other things I think are right
	>        - if I have Bc=1000 this is my tocken bucket size and no matter how
	> big the policed rate (in my case 128000) is, the tocken bucked cannot have
	> more than 1000 tockens in it refilled?
	> Tha major thing I don't understand is If the above is right, what meaning
	> does this policed rate has. What will be the difference if I put 256000
	> instead of 128000 ? Maybe the bucket will be refilled in smaller time with
	> more tokens ?
	>
	>
	> And if I load the router with constant traffic let's say around 512 Kbit/s
	> what output rate will be expected on the interface ?
	>
	>
	>
	> You can see in what mess I am.
	> At least someone tell me if I am on the right path, and some more
	> clarification about Policing will be very helpful.
	>
	> Thanks,
	> Nick
	>
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