[c-nsp] difference between "bandwidth" and "priority" command inpolicy

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Everton Diniz <> wrote on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:20 PM:

> Hi all,
> 
> What is the difference between "bandwidth" and "priority" command in
> policy-map? 
> 
> class REAL-TIME
>   priority 722
> class SAP
>   bandwidth 389

short answer:
"priority" configures a low-latency priority queue (along with a policer
dropping traffic above the configured rate). "bandwidth" configures the
queue weights to implement a minimum bandwidth guarantee for the class.
More traffic can be sent if BW is available..

more verbose:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk543/tk757/technologies_tech_note09186a
0080103eae.shtml

	oli