Chapter 5: Quality of Service
Per Hop Behavior
The DSCP value determines the Per Hop Behavior (PHB) of each packet. The PHB is the forwarding treatment given to packets at each hop. QoS policies are built by the application of a set of rules to packets, based on the DSCP value, as they hop through the network.
The default settings are based on the following standard PHBs, as defined in the
IEEE standards:
Expedited Forwarding
Assured Forwarding
Table 14: Assured Forwarding
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Precedence | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 |
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Low | AF11 (DSCP 10) | AF21 (DSCP 18) | AF31 (DSCP 26) | AF41 (DSCP 34) |
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Medium | AF12 (DSCP 12) | AF22 (DSCP 20) | AF32 (DSCP 28) | AF42 (DSCP 36) |
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High | AF13 (DSCP 14) | AF23 (DSCP 22) | AF33 (DSCP 30) | AF43 (DSCP 38) |
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Class Selector
Table 15: Class Selector
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Priority | Selector | DSCP |
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Highest | CS7 | 56 |
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| CS6 | 48 |
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| CS5 | 40 |
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| CS4 | 32 |
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| CS3 | 24 |
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| CS2 | 16 |
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| CS1 | 8 |
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Lowest | CS0 | 0 |
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