CHAPTER 29
Differentiated Services
This chapter shows you how to configure Differentiated Services (DiffServ) on the switch.
29.1 Overview
Quality of Service (QoS) is used to prioritize
DiffServ is a class of service (CoS) model that marks packets so that they receive specific per- hop treatment at
29.1.1 DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior
DiffServ defines a new DS (Differentiated Services) field to replace the Type of Service (ToS) field in the IP header. The DS field contains a
DSCP is backward compatible with the three precedence bits in the ToS octet so that non- DiffServ compliant,
Figure 90 DiffServ: Differentiated Service Field
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The DSCP value determines the forwarding behavior, the PHB
29.1.2 DiffServ Network Example
The following figure depicts a simple DiffServ network consisting of a group of contiguous
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