Chapter 29 Differentiated Services

29.2 Activating DiffServ

Activate DiffServ to apply marking rules or IEEE 802.1p priority mapping on the Switch.

Click IP Application > DiffServ in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown.

Figure 141 IP Application > DiffServ

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 80 IP Application > DiffServ

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this option to enable DiffServ on the Switch.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

29.3 DSCP-to-IEEE 802.1p Priority Settings

You can configure the DSCP to IEEE 802.1p mapping to allow the Switch to prioritize all traffic based on the incoming DSCP value according to the DiffServ to IEEE 802.1p mapping table.

The following table shows the default DSCP-to-IEEE802.1p mapping.

Table 81 Default DSCP-IEEE 802.1p Mapping

DSCP VALUE

0 – 7

8 – 15

16 – 23

24 – 31

32 – 39

40 – 47

48 – 55

56 – 63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IEEE 802.1p

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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