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What is the difference between cos , ip precedence and dscp

Posted on 07/08/2011

cos is used at layer 2

ip precedence is the old way for type of service(ToS)
DSCP is the new way for type of service(ToS)
DSCP is backward compatible with ip precedence

Below is a the IPV4 datagram packet

As you notice ToS is 8 bits

ip precedence use the first 3 bits , DSP use the first 6 bits (in fact the 6th bit is never used)

Ip Precedence (Major class)

It use a scale of 0 to 7 and will be typically used as below

0:Best Effort (000)

1:Medium priority(001)
2:Hight priority(010)
3:Call signals(011)
4:Video conference(100)
5:Voice(101)
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6:Reserved (110)
7:Reserved(111)

again this is the old way to be used with ToS

Configuration Example:

Router(config)#class-map match-all IP-PRECEDENCE

Router(config-cmap)#match protocol rtp

Router(config-cmap)#exist

Router(config)#policy-map IP-PRECEDENCE-POLICY

Router(config-pmap)#class IP-PRECEDENCE

Router(config-pmap-c)#set ip precedence ?

<0-7> Precedence value

critical Set packets with critical precedence (5)

flash Set packets with flash precedence (3)

flash-override Set packets with flash override precedence (4)

immediate Set packets with immediate precedence (2)

internet Set packets with internetwork control precedence (6)

network Set packets with network control precedence (7)

priority Set packets with priority precedence (1)

routine Set packets with routine precedence (0)

Router(config-pmap-c)#set ip precedence critical

Router(config-pmap-c)#exit

Router(config)#interface gigabitEthernet 0/1

Router(config-if)#service-policy input IP-PRECEDENCE-POLICY

DSCP

The advantages of DSCP is that you may have more levels to define than “ip precedence”. For each level in “ip
precedence” , there are 3 sub levels.at the same time it is backward compatible

default Match packets with default dscp (000000) (no sub level for level 0 or best effort)

af11 Match packets with AF11 dscp (001010)

af12 Match packets with AF12 dscp (001100)
af13 Match packets with AF13 dscp (001110)

Notice in the above level for af11 = 001|010 , as the 6th bit is not used this will become in reality 001|01 which is
equal to 1|1 in decimal and the final result is af11

an old router which does not support DSCP will look at the first 3 bits , so the major classification will be Follow

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understood by the old router .

The second part or the second 3 bits is called Drop Preference ,the higher it is , the more chance it has to
be dropped . To resume af11 is better than af13 because af13 has more chance to be dropped than af11

Below are the rest of levels

af21 Match packets with AF21 dscp (010010)
af22 Match packets with AF22 dscp (010100)
af23 Match packets with AF23 dscp (010110)

af31 Match packets with AF31 dscp (011010)

af32 Match packets with AF32 dscp (011100)
af33 Match packets with AF33 dscp (011110)

af41 Match packets with AF41 dscp (100010)

af42 Match packets with AF42 dscp (100100)
af43 Match packets with AF43 dscp (100110)

ef Match packets with EF dscp (101110) (no sub levels for level 5 or critical level)

Configuring DSCP on a cisco router is the same as ip precedence the only difference will be in the following line

Router(config-pmap-c)#set ip dscp ef

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3 Responses to What is the difference between cos , ip precedence and dscp

David says:
25/09/2012 at 12:18 PM

hello, thanks for explanations, it’s very cool, but i’m experiencing a problem.
In fact, i can do all but i can’t apply this policy map to the output side of my interface. i want to class the traffic and limit the
rate before the flow leave my switch (Layer3). but i can’t, what’s the reason?

thanks for your reply

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David says:
25/09/2012 at 12:28 PM

well, i get it. it’s a misunderstanding of my part. with this, i’ll fix the dscp for example and it’s normal i have to do that in
input. i’ll limit the rate later on another interface.

sorry for the waste of time.

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cisco.Netacad.com says:
19/10/2012 at 4:51 AM

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on yahoo developer network.

Regards

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