Six bits of the DS field are used as the ifferentiated services code point (DSCP) to select the Per-Hop Behavior (PHB) at each interface. A currently unused 2-bit (CU) field is reserved for explicit congestion notification (ECN). The value of the CU bits is ignored by DS-compliant interfaces when determining the PHB to apply to a received packet.
Per-Hop Behavior (PHB) refers to the packet scheduling, queueing, policing, or shaping behavior of a node on any given packet belonging to a Behavior Aggregate (BA), as configured by a service level agreement (SLA) or a policy map.
DSCP value is 000000 (0)
DSCP value in the form xxx000, where x is either 0 or 1. This is to ensure backward compatibility.
In AF, network traffic can be divided into the following classes:
DSCP value, xyzab0, where xyz (4 classes) can be 001, 010, 011, or 100, and ab (3 precedence) represents the dP value.dP is the probability for dropping the packet.
dP(AF13) >= dP (AF12) >= dP(AF11)
Applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP), video, require guaranteed BW robust service.
DSCP value is 101110 (46)
Traffic Class | Traffic Type | DSCP Value |
---|---|---|
Premium | Voice | 46 |
Gold | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS) | 10 |
Silver | Telnet | 18 |
Silver | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) | 20 |
Silver | File Transfer Protocol (FTP) | 22 |
Bronze | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | 26 |
Class-map: a network traffic classification. Policy-map: a series of actions that will be applied to a set of classified inbound traffic.