Quality of Service Guide QoS and QoS Policies 
Edition: 01 3HE 11014 AAAC TQZZA 131
 
The enqueuing priority is specified as part of the classification rule and is set to high 
or low. The enqueuing priority relates to the forwarding class queue’s 
high-priority-only allocation, where only packets with a high enqueuing priority are 
accepted into the queue once the queue’s depth reaches the defined threshold. See 
High-Priority-Only Buffers.
The mapping of ingress traffic to a forwarding class based on dot1p or DSCP bits is 
optional. The default service ingress policy is implicitly applied to all SAPs that do not 
explicitly have another service ingress policy assigned. The characteristics of the 
default policy are listed in Table 20.
Table 19 Forwarding Class and Enqueuing Priority Classification Hierarchy Based on Rule 
Type
Rule Forwarding Class Enqueuing Priority Comments
default-fc Set to the policy’s 
default FC.
Set to the policy default All packets match the default 
rule
dot1p dot1p-value Set when an fc-name 
exists in the policy.
Otherwise, preserve 
from the previous 
match.
Set when the priority 
parameter is high or low.
Otherwise, preserve from the 
previous match.
Each dot1p-value must be 
explicitly defined. Each packet 
can only match a single dot1p 
rule. For QinQ applications, the 
dot1p-value used (top or 
bottom) is specified by the 
match-qinq-dot1p command. 
dscp dscp-name Set when an fc-name 
exists in the policy.
Otherwise, preserve 
from the previous 
match.
Set when the priority 
parameter is high or low in the 
entry.
Otherwise, preserve from the 
previous match.
Each dscp-name that defines 
the DSCP value must be 
explicitly defined. Each packet 
can only match a single DSCP 
rule.
Table 20 Default Service Ingress Policy ID 1 Definition 
Characteristic Item Definition
Queues Queue 1 One queue for all ingress traffic:
• Forwarding Class: Best Effort (BE)
•CIR = 0
• PIR = max (line rate)
• MBS = default (180 kilobytes) 
• CBS = default (8 kilobytes for 512 byte buffer size, 18 kilobytes 
for 2304 byte buffer size) 
1
• HP Only = default (10%)