Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More Effectively 
Using QoS Classifiers To Configure Quality of Service for Outbound Traffic 
type-of-service 
Displays the current type-of-service priority configu-
ration. The display output differs according to the ToS 
option used: 
■  IP Precedence: Refer to figure 8-16 on page 8-37. 
■  Diffserve: Refer to figure 8-18 on page 8-41. 
protocol-priority 
Available on the 5300xl switches only. Displays the 
current protocol priority configuration. 
vlan-priority 
Displays the current VLAN priority configuration. 
Refer to figure 
8-26 on page 8-53. 
port-priority 
Displays the current source-port priority configura-
tion. Refer to figure 8-31 on page 8-58. 
No Override 
By default, the IP ToS, Protocol, VLAN-ID, and (source) port show outputs 
automatically list No-override for priority options that have not been config-
ured. This means that if you do not configure a priority for a specific option, 
QoS does not prioritize packets to which that option applies, resulting in the 
No override state. In this case, IP packets received through a VLAN-tagged port 
receive whatever 802.1p priority they carry in the 802.1Q tag in the packet’s 
header. VLAN-Tagged packets received through an untagged port are handled 
in the switch with “normal” priority. For example, figure 
8-7 below shows a 
qos VLAN priority output in a switch where nondefault priorities exist for 
VLANs 22 and 33, while VLAN 1 remains in the default configuration. 
This output shows that 
VLAN 1 is in the default 
state, while VLANs 22 and 
33 have been configured 
for 802.1p and DSCP Policy 
priorities respectively. 
Figure 8-7.  Example of the Show QoS Output for VLAN Priority 
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