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Understanding Using CoS with MPLS Networks on EX Series Switches

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Junos OS MPLS for EX Series Switches Overview on page 3641
Understanding Junos OS MPLS Components for EX Series Switches on page 3643
Example: Configuring MPLS on EX Series Switches on page 3655
Configuring MPLS on Provider Edge Switches (CLI Procedure)
See the Junos OS MPLS Applications Configuration Guide.
You can use class of service (CoS) within MPLS networks to prioritize certain types of
traffic during periods of congestion.
Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches support Differentiated Service Code Point
(DSCP) or IP precedence and IEEE 802.1p CoS classifiers on the customer-edge interfaces
of the ingress provider edge (PE) switch. DSCP or IP precedence classifiers are used for
Layer 3 packets. IEEE 802.1p is used for Layer 2 packets.
When a packet enters a customer-edge interface of the ingress PE switch, the switch
associates the packet with a particular CoS servicing level prior to putting the packet
onto the label-switched path (LSP). The switches within the LSP utilize the CoS value
set at the ingress PE switch. The CoS value that was embedded in the DSCP, IP
precedence, or IEEE 802.1 p classifier is translated and encoded in the MPLS header by
means of the EXP or experimental bits.
EX Series switches enable a default EXP classifier and a default EXP rewrite rule. You
can configure a custom EXP classifier and a custom EXP rewrite rule if you prefer. However,
the switch supports only one type of EXP classifier (default or custom) and only one EXP
rewrite rule (default or custom).
You do not bind the EXP classifier or the EXP rewrite rule to individual interfaces. The
switch automatically and implicitly applies the default or the custom EXP classifier and
the default or the custom EXP rewrite rule to the appropriate MPLS-enabled interfaces.
Because rewrite rules affect only egress interfaces, the switch applies the EXP rewrite
rule only to those MPLS interfaces that are transmitting MPLS packets (not to the MPLS
interfaces that are receiving the packets).
This topic includes:
Guidelines for Using CoS Classifiers on CCCs on page 3648
Using CoS Classifiers with IP over MPLS on page 3648
Default Classifiers and Default Rewrite Rules on page 3648
EXP Rewrite Rules on page 3649
Policer on page 3649
Schedulers on page 3649
Chapter 132: MPLS—Overview
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