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random-detect
random-detect
Use the
random-detect
policy-map class configuration command to enable Weighted Random Early
Detection (WRED) in a hierarchical policy map attached to an enhanced-services (ES) port. Use the
no
form of this command to return to the default settings.
random-detect
[
dscp-based
|
precedence-based
]
no random detect [dscp-based
|
precedence-based
]
Syntax Description
Defaults
WRED is disabled.
If you do not enter either the
dscp-based
or the
precedence-based
keyword, WRED uses the IP
precedence value (the default method) to calculate drop probability for the packet.
Command Modes
Policy-map class configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
WRED is a congestion-avoidance mechanism that slows traffic by randomly dropping packets when
congestion exists. WRED reduces the chances of tail drop by selectively dropping packets when the
egress port begins to show signs of congestion. By dropping some packets early rather than waiting until
the queue is full, WRED does not drop large numbers of packets at once.
Use the
random-detect
command only in a hierarchical policy map attached to an ES port. You can use
this command only in class-level classes.
You must configure the
bandwidth
or the
shape
policy-map class configuration command before you
configure either the
queue-limit
or the
random-detect
policy-map class configuration command in a
class policy.
You can define a class policy to use either tail drop or WRED packet drop by using either the
queue-limit
policy-map class configuration command or the
random-detect
policy-map class configuration
command, respectively. You cannot use the
queue-limit
and
random-detect
commands in the same
class policy, but they can be used in two class policies in the same policy map.
dscp-based
(Optional) Enable Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)-based WRED as
a drop policy. WRED uses the DSCP value (that is, the first six bits of the IP
type of service [ToS] byte) to calculate the drop probability.
precedence-based
(Optional) Enable IP precedence-based WRED as a drop policy. WRED uses
the IP precedence value to calculate the drop probability.
Release
Modification
12.1(14)AX
This command was introduced.
12.2(25)EY
Hierarchical service policies can be attached to inbound traffic received on
an ES port.
