Blade ICE G8000 - Manual (Page 107)

RackSwitch G8000 Application Guide
Chapter 6: Quality of Service „ 107 BMD00041, November 2008
The switch can perform the following actions to the DSCP:
„ Read the DSCP value of ingress packets.
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Map the DSCP value to an 802.1p priority.
The switch can use the DSCP value to direct traffic prioritization.
With DiffServ, you can establish policies to direct traffic. A policy is a traffic-controlling
mechanism that monitors the characteristics of the traffic, (for example, its source, destination,
and protocol) and performs a controlling action on the traffic when certain characteristics are
matched.