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Chapter 9
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Layer 3/4 Priority Settings
Figure 125: Setting the Queue Mode (Strict and WRR)
Layer 3/4 Priority Settings
Mapping Layer 3/4 Priorities to CoS Values
The switch supports several common methods of prioritizing layer 3/4 traffic to
meet application requirements. Traffic priorities can be specified in the IP header of
a frame, using the priority bits in the Type of Service (ToS) octet, or the number of
the TCP/UDP port. If priority bits are used, the ToS octet may contain three bits for
IP Precedence or six bits for Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) service.
When these services are enabled, the priorities are mapped to a Class of Service
value by the switch, and the traffic then sent to the corresponding output queue.
Because different priority information may be contained in the traffic, this switch
maps priority values to the output queues in the following manner
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precedence for priority mapping is DSCP Priority and then Default Port Priority.
Note: The default settings used for mapping priority values from ingress traffic to
internal DSCP values are used to determine the hardware queues used for egress
traffic, not to replace the priority values. These defaults are designed to optimize
priority services for the majority of network applications. It should not be necessary
to modify any of the default settings, unless a queuing problem occurs with a
particular application.