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Tos/dscp – Interlogix GE-DS-242-PoE User Manual

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Figure 4-57: QoS Configuration - Port-Based Priority

This page includes the following fields:

OBJECT

DESCRIPTION

Port Number:

Indicate port 1 to port 26.

Port Priority:

Each port has 8 priority levels—0~7 or Disable to be chosen. 7 is
the highest priority.

TOS/DSCP

TOS/DSCP priority is obtained through a 6-bit Type-of-Service (TOS) or
Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) to 3-bit priority mapping.

The Type of Service (TOS) octet in the IPv4 header is divided into three parts;
Precedence (3 bits), TOS (4 bits), and MBZ (1 bit). The Precedence bits indicate
the importance of a packet, whereas the TOS bits indicate how the network
should make tradeoffs between throughput, delay, reliability, and cost (as defined
in RFC 1394). The MBZ bit (for "must be zero") is currently unused and is either
set to zero or just ignored.

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Precedence

TOS

MBZ

Pv4 Packet Header Type of Service Octet

The four TOS bits provide 15 different priority values, however only five values
have a defined meaning.