User guide

Traffic Management
162 Firebox X Edge e-Series
The following table shows the DSCP values you can select, the corresponding IP Precedence value (which is
the same as the CS value), and the description in PHB keywords.
* Scavenger class is intended for the lowest priority traffic such as media sharing or gaming
applications. This traffic has a lower priority than Best-Effort.
For more information on DSCP values, see RFC 2474 at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2474.txt
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About Traffic Control Options
The Firebox X Edge e-Series has many different traffic control options, including:
Traffic control is off
The Edge sends network traffic in the sequence it was received.
Traffic control is on, but prioritization is off
This option limits all traffic to the upstream bandwidth limit.
Traffic control and prioritization are on
This option allows you to configure filters for all traffic categories.
Traffic control is on, and traffic marking is on
The Edge marks all traffic that matches the criteria in your Traffic Control rule.
DSCP Value Equivalent IP Precedence
value (CS values)
Description: Per-hop Behavior keyword
0 Best-Effort (same as no marking)
8 1 Scavenger* (Low)
10 AF Class 1 - Low - Low
12 AF Class 1- Low - Medium
14 AF Class 1- Low - High
16 2 Low/med
18 AF Class 2 - Low/med-Low
20 AF Class 2- Low/med-Medium
22 22 AF Class 2- Low/med-High
24 3 Med/high
26 AF Class 3 - Med/high-Low
28 AF Class 3- Med/high-Medium
30 AF Class 3- Med/high-High
32 High
34 4 AF Class 4 - High - Low
36 AF Class 4 - High - Medium
38 AF Class 4- High - High
40 5 Video, voice
46 EF
48 6 Internet Control (Reserved)
56 7 Network Control