Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More Effectively

Introduction

Table 15-4. Precedence Criteria for QoS Classifiers

Precedence

Criteria

Overview

 

 

 

1

UDP/TCP

Takes precedence based on a layer 4 UDP or TCP application, with a user-specified application

 

 

port number (for example, Telnet). Default state: Disabled

 

If a packet does not meet the criteria for UDP/TCP priority, then precedence defaults to the Device Priority

 

classifier, below.

 

 

 

2

Device

Takes precedence based on an outbound packet having a particular destination or source IP

 

Priority

address. QoS allows up to 256 IP addresses. If an outbound packet has an IP address as the

 

(IP

destination, it takes precedence over another outbound packet that has the same IP address

 

Address)

as a source. (This can occur, for example, on an outbound port in a switch mesh environment.)

 

 

Also, if the source and destination IP addresses (SA and DA) in the same packet match, the

 

 

DA takes precedence. Default state: No IP address prioritization.

 

If a packet does not meet the criteria for device priority, then precedence defaults to the IP Type of Service

 

(ToS) classifier, below.

 

 

 

3

IP Type-

Takes precedence based on the TOS field in IP packets. (Applies only to IP packets.) The ToS

 

of-

field is configured by an upstream device or application before the packet enters the switch.

 

Service

• IP Precedence Mode: QoS reads the packet’s IP precedence (upper three) bits in the Type-

 

(ToS)

of-Service (ToS) byte and automatically prioritizes the packet (if specified in the QoS

configuration) for outbound transmission.

•Differentiated Services Mode: QoS reads the packet’s differentiated services, or codepoint (upper six) bits of the Type-of-Service (TOS) byte. Packet prioritization depends on the configured priority for the codepoint. (Some codepoints default to the DSCP standard, but can be overridden.)

For more on this topic, see “QoS IP Type-of-Service (ToS) Policy and Priority” on page 15-25.Default state: Disabled.

If a packet does not meet the criteria for ToS priority, then precedence defaults to the Protocol classifier, below.

4

Layer 3

Takes precedence based on network protocols: IP, IPX, ARP, DEC LAT, AppleTalk, SNA, and

 

Protocol

NetBeui. Default state: No-override for any protocol.

 

Priority

 

 

If a packet does not meet the criteria for Protocol priority, then precedence defaults to the VLAN classifier,

 

below.

 

 

 

 

5

VLAN

Takes precedence based on the ID number of the VLAN in which the packet exists. For example,

 

Priority

if the default VLAN (VID = 1) and the “Blue” VLAN (with a VID of 20) are both assigned to a port,

 

 

and Blue VLAN traffic is more important, you can configure QoS to give Blue VLAN traffic a

 

 

higher priority than default VLAN traffic. (Priority is applied on the outbound port.) Default state:

 

 

No-override.

If a packet does not meet the criteria for VLAN priority, then precedence defaults to the Source-Port classifier, below.

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