3Com Switch 7750 Configuration Guide Guide

616 CHAPTER 58: QOS CONFIGURATION
The 4-bit 802.1Q tag header contains a 2-bit Tag Protocol Identifier (TPID) whose
value is 8100 and a 2-bit Tag Control Information (TCI). TPID is a new class defined
by IEEE to indicate a packet with an 802.1Q tag.
Figure 158 describes the detailed
contents of an 802.1Q tag header.
Figure 158 802.1Q tag headers
In the figure above, the 3-bit priority field in TCI is 802.1p priority in the range of 0
to 7.The 3 bits specify the precedence of the frame.8 classes of precedence are
used to determine which packet is sent preferentially when the switch is
congested.
The precedence is called 802.1p priority because the related applications of this
precedence are defined in detail in the 802.1p specification.
3 Local precedence
Local precedence is the precedence of an outbound queue on a port of the switch.
It is in the range of 0 to 7. Each outbound queue has its own local precedence.
Priority of Protocol
Packets
Protocol packets carry their own priority. You can perform QoS actions on protocol
packets by setting their priorities.
Priority Remark The priority remark function is to use ACL rules in traffic identification and remark
the priority for the packets matching with the ACL rules.
Packet Filter Packet filter means filtering the service traffic. For example, in the operation of
dropping packets, the service traffic matching with the traffic classification rule is
dropped and the other traffic is permitted. The Ethernet switch adopts a
complicated traffic classification rule to filter the packets based on much
information and to drop these useless, unreliable, and doubtful packets.
Therefore, the network security is enhanced.
The two critical steps in the packet filter operation are:
Tabl e 486 Description on 802.1p priority
CoS (decimal) CoS (binary) Description
0 000 best-effort
1 001 background
2 010 spare
3 011 excellent-effort
4 100 controlled-load
5 101 video
6 110 voice
7 111 network-management