Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More Effectively

Using QoS Types To Configure QoS for Outbound Traffic

2.Configure the policies in the DSCP table:

Figure 6-8. Example of Policies Configured (with Optional Names) in the DSCPTable

3.Assign the policies to the codepoints in the selected packet types.

The specified DSCP policies overwrite the original DSCPs on the selected packets, and use the 802.1p priorities previously configured in the DSCP policies in step 2.

Figure 6-9. Example of Policy Assignment to Outbound Packets on the Basis of the DSCP in the Packets Received from Upstream Devices

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