Chapter 14. Shaping and Policing

Blueprint topics covered in this chapter:

This chapter covers the following subtopics from the Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching written exam blueprint. Refer to the full blueprint in Table I-1 in the Introduction for more details on the topics covered in each chapter and their context within the blueprint.

  • Marking

  • Shaping

  • Policing

  • Class-based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ)

Traffic-shaping tools delay packets exiting a router so that the overall bit rate does not exceed a defined shaping rate. This chapter covers the concepts behind traffic shaping, as well as two Cisco IOS shapers, namely Frame Relay Traffic Shaping (FRTS) and Class-Based Shaping (CB Shaping).

Traffic policers measure bit rates for packets either entering ...

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