Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More Effectively

Using QoS Classifiers To Configure QoS for Outbound Traffic

2.Configure the priorities for the DSCPs you want to use.

DSCP Policies

Configured in this step.

Figure 6-12. Assigning 802.1p Priorities to the Selected DSCPs

3.Assign the DSCP policies to the selected device IP addresses and display the result.

Figure 6-13. The Completed Device-Priority/Codepoint Configuration

The switch will now apply the DSCP policies in figure 6-12to IPv4 packets received on the switch with the specified IP addresses (source or destination). This means the switch will:

Overwrite the original DSCPs in the selected packets with the new DSCPs specified in the above policies.

Assign the 802.1p priorities in the above policies to the appropriate packets.

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