Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-101819 | CISC-RT-000770 | SV-110923r1_rule | Low |
Description |
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Different applications have unique requirements and toleration levels for delay, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, and availability. To manage the multitude of applications and services, a network requires a QoS framework to differentiate traffic and provide a method to manage network congestion. The Differentiated Services Model (DiffServ) is based on per-hop behavior by categorizing traffic into different classes and enabling each node to enforce a forwarding treatment to each packet as dictated by a policy. Packet markings such as IP Precedence and its successor, Differentiated Services Code Points (DSCP), were defined along with specific per-hop behaviors for key traffic types to enable a scalable QoS solution. DiffServ QoS categorizes network traffic, prioritizes it according to its relative importance, and provides priority treatment based on the classification. It is imperative that end-to-end QoS is implemented within the IP core network to provide preferred treatment for mission-critical applications. |
STIG | Date |
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Cisco IOS-XE Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2020-05-20 |
Check Text ( C-100707r1_chk ) |
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Review the switch configuration and verify that a QoS policy has been configured to provide preferred treatment for mission-critical applications in accordance with the QoS GIG Technical Profile. Step 1: Verify that the class-maps are configured to match on DSCP values as shown in the configuration example below: class-map match-all PREFERRED_DATA match ip dscp af33 class-map match-all CONTROL_PLANE match ip dscp cs6 class-map match-all VIDEO match ip dscp af41 class-map match-all VOICE match ip dscp ef class-map match-all C2_VOICE match ip dscp 47 Step 2: Verify that the policy map reserves the bandwidth for each traffic type as shown in the example below: policy-map QOS_POLICY class CONTROL_PLANE priority percent 10 class C2_VOICE priority percent 10 class VOICE priority percent 15 class VIDEO bandwidth percent 25 class PREFERRED_DATA bandwidth percent 25 class class-default bandwidth percent 15 Step 3: Verify that an output service policy is bound to all interfaces as shown in the configuration example below: interface GigabitEthernet1/1 no switchport ip address 10.1.15.5 255.255.255.252 service-policy output QOS_POLICY ! interface GigabitEthernet1/2 no switchport ip address 10.1.15.8 255.255.255.252 service-policy output QOS_POLICY Note: The GTP QOS document (GTP-0009) can be downloaded via the following link: https://intellipedia.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:GIG_Technical_Guidance/GTG_GTPs/GTP_Development_List If the switch is not configured to enforce a QoS policy in accordance with the QoS GIG Technical Profile, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-107503r1_fix) |
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Configure a QoS policy in accordance with the QoS GIG Technical Profile. Step 1: Configure class-maps to match on DSCP values as shown in the configuration example below: SW1(config)#class-map match-all PREFERRED_DATA SW1(config-cmap)#match ip dscp af33 SW1(config-cmap)#class-map match-all CONTROL_PLANE SW1(config-cmap)#match ip dscp cs6 SW1(config-cmap)#class-map match-all VIDEO SW1(config-cmap)#match ip dscp af41 SW1(config-cmap)#class-map match-all VOICE SW1(config-cmap)#match ip dscp ef SW1(config-cmap)#class-map match-all C2_VOICE SW1(config-cmap)#match ip dscp 47 SW1(config-cmap)#exit Step 2: Configure a policy map to be applied to the core-layer-facing interface that reserves the bandwidth for each traffic type as shown in the example below: SW1(config)#policy-map QOS_POLICY SW1(config-pmap)#class CONTROL_PLANE SW1(config-pmap-c)#priority percent 10 SW1(config-pmap-c)#class C2_VOICE SW1(config-pmap-c)#priority percent 10 SW1(config-pmap-c)#class VOICE SW1(config-pmap-c)#priority percent 15 SW1(config-pmap-c)#class VIDEO SW1(config-pmap-c)#bandwidth percent 25 SW1(config-pmap-c)#class PREFERRED_DATA SW1(config-pmap-c)#bandwidth percent 25 SW1(config-pmap-c)#class class-default SW1(config-pmap-c)#bandwidth percent 15 SW1(config-pmap-c)#exit SW1(config-pmap)#exit Step 3: Apply the output service policy to all interfaces as shown in the configuration example below: SW1(config)#int g1/1 SW1(config-if)#service-policy output QOS_POLICY SW1(config-if)#exit SW1(config)#int g1/2 SW1(config-if)#service-policy output QOS_POLICY SW1(config-if)#end |