3Com 2928 - Baseline Plus Switch PWR, User Manual

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Expedited Forwarding (EF) class: In this class, packets are forwarded regardless of link share of
other traffic. The class is suitable for preferential services requiring low delay, low packet loss, low
jitter, and high bandwidth.
z
Assured forwarding (AF) class: This class is divided into four subclasses (AF 1 to AF 4), each
containing three drop priorities for more granular classification. The QoS level of the AF class is
lower than that of the EF class.
z
Class selector (CS) class: This class is derived from the IP ToS field and includes eight subclasses;
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Best effort (BE) class: This class is a special CS class that does not provide any assurance. AF
traffic exceeding the limit is degraded to the BE class. Currently, all IP network traffic belongs to
this class by default.
Table 2-2
Description on DSCP values
DSCP value (decimal) DSCP value (binary) Description
46 101110 ef
10 001010 af11
12 001100 af12
14 001110 af13
18 010010 af21
20 010100 af22
22 010110 af23
26 011010 af31
28 011100 af32
30 011110 af33
34 100010 af41
36 100100 af42
38 100110 af43
8 001000 cs1
16 010000 cs2
24 011000 cs3
32 100000 cs4
40 101000 cs5
48 110000 cs6
56 111000 cs7
0 000000 be (default)
2) 802.1p
precedence
802.1p precedence lies in Layer 2 packet headers and is applicable to occasions where Layer 3 header
analysis is not needed and QoS must be assured at Layer 2.