Chapter 22 Differentiated Services

22.3 DSCP-to-IEEE802.1p Priority Setting

You can configure the DSCP (DiffServ Code Point) to IEEE802.1p mapping to allow the switch to prioritize all traffic based on the incoming DSCP value according to the DiffServ-to- IEEE802.1p mapping table.

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

Table 54 Default DSCP-IEEE802.1p Mapping

DSCP

0 – 7

8 – 15

16 – 23

24 – 31

32 – 39

40 – 47

48 – 55

56 – 63

VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IEEE802.1P

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22.3.1 Configuring DSCP Setting

To change the DSCP-IEEE 802.1p mapping click the DSCP Setting link in the DiffServ screen to display the screen as shown next.

Figure 69 DiffServ > DSCP Setting

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 55 DiffServ > DSCP Setting

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

0 … 63

This is the DSCP classification identification number.

 

To set the IEEE802.1p priority mapping, select the priority level from the drop-down list box.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to discard all changes and start configuring the screen again.

 

 

 

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