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contained in the priority field of the TCI. It is made up of 3 bits and with available values ranging from 0 to 
7. 
 
  802.1QTag 
The 802.1P priority tags are mapped to the Switch’s priority queues as follows: 
 
3) DSCP Priority 
The DSCP priority resides in the IP header. The ToS field includes 8 bits, among which: 
The first 3 bits denote the IP priority, with available values ranging from 0 to 7. 
Bits 3-6 denote the ToS priority, with available values ranging from 0 to 15. 
The RFC 2474 redefined the IPv4 ToS field as the DS field. The DSCP priority is denoted by the first 6 
bits (bits 0~5), with available values ranging from 0 to 63, while the last 2 bits (bits 6-7) are reserved. 
 
The DSCP priority tags are mapped to the Switch’s CoS priority queues as follows: 
 
Scheduling Scheme Overview 
QoS provides a queue scheduling policy to determine the packet forwarding sequence when congestion 
occurs.  The  switch  provides  two  common  scheduling  techniques  to  achieve Quality-of-Service  (QoS) 
while using shared resources: SP(Strict-Priority)and WRR (Weighted Round Robin). 
1) Strict Priority Queueing