Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More Effectively

Using QoS Classifiers to Configure Quality of Service for Outbound Traffic

Assigning a DSCP Policy on the Basis of the DSCP in IPv4

Packets Received from Upstream Devices

The preceding section describes how to forward a policy set by an edge (or upstream) switch. This option changes a DSCP policy in an IPv4 packet by changing its IP ToS codepoint and applying the priority associated with the new codepoint. (A DSCP policy consists of a differentiated services codepoint and an associated 802.1p priority.) You can use this option concurrently with the diffserv 802.1p priority option (above), as long as the DSCPs specified in the two options do not match.

To use this option to configure a change in policy:

1.Identify a DSCP used to set a policy in packets received from an upstream or edge switch.

2.Create a new policy by using qos dscp-map < codepoint > priority < 0 - 7 > to configure an 802.1p priority for the codepoint you will use to overwrite the DSCP the packet carries from upstream. (For more on this topic, refer to “Differentiated Services Codepoint (DSCP) Mapping” on page 5-33.)

3.Use qos type-of-service diff-services < incoming-DSCP> dscp < outgoing- DSCP > to change the policy on packets coming from the edge or upstream switch with the specified incoming DSCP.

(Figure 5-4on page 5-17illustrates this scenario.)

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On the switches covered in this guide, DSCP policies (codepoint re-marking)

 

cannot be applied to outbound IPv4 packets having IP options. (The 802.1p

 

priority in the VLAN tag is applied.) For more information on packet criteria

 

and restrictions, refer to table 5-11 on page 5-41.

 

Syntax: qos type-of-service diff-services

 

Enables ToS diff-services.

Syntax: qos type-of-service diff-services < current-codepoint> dscp

<new-codepoint >

Configures the switch to select an incoming IP packet carrying the <current-codepoint > and then use the <new-codepoint>to assign a new, previously configured DSCP policy to the packet. The policy overwrites the <current-codepoint>with the

<new-codepoint> and assigns the 802.1p priority specified by the policy. (Use the qos dscp-mapcommand to define the priority for the DSCPs—page 5-33.)

Syntax: no qos type-of-service

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