[c-nsp] packet processing delay & LLQ

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

> 
>  I need some advice in LLQ tuning for delay-critical traffic.
> 
>  As far as I know the right way to provide minimal delay for certain
>  type of traffic is to put it into priority queue.
> 
>  To test it out I am using 2M Serial connected 2610 (Serial0/0) with
>  the following LLQ configuration:
> 
> ip access-list ext NOC
>  permit ip any host 172.20.2.20
>  permit ip host 172.20.2.20 any
> class-map match-any IS-NOC
>   match access-group name NOC
> policy-map E2
>   class IS-NOC
>    priority 512
>   class class-default
>    fair-queue
> int Serial0/0
>  service-policy output E2
> 
>  In clean channel case (no other traffic flowing on link) RTT (ping to
>  172.20.2.20) over Serial is about 3ms. When I am saturating link with
>  class-default traffic RTT jumps to about 90-110ms and remains almost
>  stable. Priority queue works (class-default traffic RTT is 200ms and
>  more), but delay value is not applicable.
 
you have LLQ enabled on both ends of the connection? Where is the
172.20.2.20 located? On the router itself? What is the CPU load of the
box when you saturate the link?

	oli