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✓class-map: Defines traffic classification criteria
class-map defines traffic classification criteria, policy-map defines the QoS actions to apply, service-policy applies the policy-map to an interface, class-map uses match statements, policy-map uses class statements.
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Variation 1. Drag and drop each MQC component on the left to its matching role on the right.
medium- ✓ P1.class-map: Defines traffic classification using match statements
- ✓ P2.policy-map: Defines QoS actions (e.g., bandwidth, priority) for each class
- ✓ P3.service-policy: Applies a policy-map to an interface (input or output)
- ✓ P4.class-map: Uses match commands to identify traffic
- ✓ P5.policy-map: Contains class blocks that reference class-maps
Why P1: class-map defines traffic classification criteria, policy-map defines the QoS actions to apply, service-policy applies the policy-map to an interface, class-map uses match statements, and policy-map uses class statements.