Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More Effectively
Using QoS Types To Configure QoS for Outbound Traffic
Details of QoS IP
IP packets include a Type of Service (ToS) byte. The ToS byte includes:
■A Differentiated Services Codepoint (DSCP): This element is com- prised of the upper six bits of the ToS byte). There are 64 possible codepoints. In the switches covered by this manual, the default qos configuration includes the codepoint having the 802.1p priority setting for Expedited Forwarding, while all others, including the
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Using the qos
a.Configure a specific DSCP with a specific priority in an edge switch.
b.Configure the switch to mark a specific type of inbound traffic with that DSCP (and thus create a policy for that traffic type).
c.Configure the internal switches in your LAN to honor the policy.
| (For example, you could configure an edge switch to assign a codepoint |
| of 000001 to all packets received from a specific VLAN, and then handle |
| all traffic with that codepoint at high priority.) |
| For a codepoint listing and the commands for displaying and changing the |
| DSCP Policy table, refer to “Differentiated Services Codepoint (DSCP) |
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N o t e s | “Mixing” ToS DSCP policies and 802.1p priorities is not recommended. Refer |
| to the Note on page |
| ■ Precedence Bits: This element is a subset of the DSCP and is comprised |
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| of the upper three bits of the ToS byte. When configured to do so, the |
| switch uses the precedence bits to determine a priority for handling the |
| associated packet. (The switch does not change the setting of the prece- |
| dence bits.) Using the ToS Precedence bits to prioritize IPv4 packets relies |
| on priorities set in upstream devices and applications. |