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Policy-Based QoS Configurations
Policy-based QoS configurations consist of the components shown in the following example.
Figure 103. Constructing Policy-Based QoS Configurations
DSCP Color Maps
This section describes how to configure color maps and how to display the color map and color map configuration.
This sections consists of the following topics:
Creating a DSCP Color Map
Displaying Color Maps
Display Color Map Configuration
Creating a DSCP Color Map
You can create a DSCP color map to outline the differentiated services codepoint (DSCP) mappings to the appropriate color
mapping (green, yellow, red) for the input traffic. The system uses this information to classify input traffic on an interface based
on the DSCP value of each packet and assigns it an initial drop precedence of green, yellow, or red
The default setting for each DSCP value (0-63) is green (low drop precedence). The DSCP color map allows you to set the
number of specific DSCP values to yellow or red. Traffic marked as yellow delivers traffic to the egress interface, which will
either transmit or drop the packet based on configured queuing behavior. Traffic marked as red (high drop precedence) is
dropped.
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