User`s guide

Priority Classification Configuration Screen
802.1p Configuration Menu Screens 9-29
The following example shows how the precedence concept can be applied:
Example
A network administrator has defined the following two classifications involving priorities:
• All frames with an IP TOS value of AA (Layer 3, precedence level 5a) are assigned to priority 7.
• All frames with a TCP source port number of 80 (Layer 4, precedence level 4a) are assigned to
priority 3.
In this example, a frame that is received with a TOS value of AA, and a TCP port number of 80,
will be assigned to priority 3. This is because the TCP port number classifications take precedence
over IP TOS classifications.
It is important to remember that the switch will classify frames based on one of the classification
options.
9.6.2 About the IP TOS Rewrite Feature
The Type of Service (TOS) field [also known as the Differential Services (DF) field in RFC 2474]
is an 8-bit field. It is located in the IP packet and used by a device to indicate the precedence or
priority of a given frame (see Figure 9-7). The TOS layer-3 priority indicator enables the ability to
signal the frame priority from end to end as the frame makes its way through the network.
Figure 9-7 Datagram, Layer 2 and Layer 3
This IP TOS Rewrite feature enables a Network Administrator to assign Layer 3 TOS
characteristics to incoming frames and set the switch to rewrite the 8-bit TOS value in the Layer 3
information portion of incoming frames.
Destination
Address
(DA)
Source
Address
(SA)
VLAN
Priority
Type of
Service
(8-bits)
3559_1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Addr
Length
Version
VLAN
Priority
Type of
Service
(8-bits)