Re: DSCP and default PHB

From: Tyson Scott (tscott@ipexpert.com)
Date: Wed Jul 02 2008 - 19:54:33 ART


By default the DSCP field is not interpreted without turning on a
queueing mechanism. By default FIFO.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Morris, Jason L. <Jasmorris@checkngo.com> wrote:
> Just to clarify and dispel my ignorance...
>
> There is no 'default' 'per hope behavior' for a Cisco router or switch
> that depends on DSCP markings? Those markings are just so you can
> classify traffic and then manually configure PHB on each device right?
> That's been my assumption up to this point but I was review some QoS
> stuff in a buddies ONS - CCNP book and it inferred (or at least made me
> question) that the router was doing something different with EF marked
> packets without explicitly being told to...
>
> That's not the case right? It doesn't by default, out of the box, treat
> differently marked DSCP traffic differently?
>
> Jason Morris
>
>
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