Acl-Based Traffic Groupings; Explicit Class Of Service (802.1P And Diffserv) Traffic Groupings - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

Quality of Service
Table 33: Traffic groupings by precedence
Access List Groupings (ACLs)
• IP ACL
• MAC ACL
Explicit Packet Class of Service Groupings
• DiffServ (IP TOS)
• 802.1p
Physical/Logical Groupings
• Source port
• VLAN
NOTE
The source port and VLAN QoS apply only to untagged packets, and 802.1p QoS applies only to tagged packets. If
you use 802.1p or DiffServ QoS in conjunction with ACLs, you must configure the 802.1p or DiffServ action within
the ACL itself.

ACL-Based Traffic Groupings

ACL-based traffic groupings are based on any combination of the following items:
IP source or destination address
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IP protocol
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TCP flag
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TCP/UDP or other Layer 4 protocol
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TCP/UDP port information
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IP fragmentation
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MAC source or destination address
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Ethertype
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ACL-based traffic groupings are defined using access lists. Access lists are discussed in detail in
Chapter 11. By supplying a named QoS profile on an ACL rule, you can prescribe the bandwidth
management and priority handling for that traffic grouping. This level of packet filtering has no impact
on performance.

Explicit Class of Service (802.1p and DiffServ) Traffic Groupings

This category of traffic groupings describes what is sometimes referred to as explicit packet marking, and
refers to information contained within a packet intended to explicitly determine a class of service. That
information includes:
Prioritization bits used in IEEE 802.1p packets
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IP Differentiated Services (DiffServ) code points, formerly known as IP Type of Service (TOS) bits
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An advantage of explicit packet marking is that the class of service information can be carried
throughout the network infrastructure, without repeating what can be complex traffic grouping policies
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