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Chapter 2    Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Cisco IOS Commands
set precedence
set precedence
Use the set [ip] precedence policy-map class configuration command to mark IPv4 traffic by setting an 
IP-precedence value in the packet. Use the no form of this command to remove traffic marking.
set [ip] precedence {precedence_value | from-field [table table-map-name]} 
no set [ip] precedence {precedence_value | from-field [table table-map-name]} 
Note Entering ip precedence is the same as entering precedence. 
Syntax Description
Defaults No traffic marking is defined.
Command Modes Policy-map class configuration
Command History
precedence_value  Enter an IPv4 precedence value with which to classify traffic. The 
range is 0 to 7. You also can enter a mnemonic name for a commonly 
used value. 
from-field  Specific a packet-marking category to be used to set the precedence 
value of the packet. If you are using a table map for mapping and 
converting packet-marking values, this establishes the map-from 
packet-marking category. 
These options are supported:
  • cos—class of service (CoS) value
  • dscp—Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) value. 
  • precedence—IP-precedence value
table  (Optional) Used in conjunction with the from-field keyword. Indicates 
that the values set in a specified table map are used to set the 
precedence value 
table-map-name (Optional) Used in conjunction with the table keyword. Name of the 
table map used to specify the precedence value. The table map name 
can be a maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters. 
Release Modification
12.2(25)EX This command was introduced.
12-2(25)SEG Support was added to set multiple marking actions and to use table maps for 
enhanced packet marking. See “Usage Guidelines.”