What is DSCP?

What is DSCP?

Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) is a means of classifying and managing network traffic and of providing quality of service (QoS) in modern Layer 3 IP networks. It uses the 6-bit Differentiated Services (DS) field in the IP header for the purpose of packet classification.

What is DSCP used for?

What is EF DSCP?

The Expedited Forwarding (EF) model is used to provide resources to latency (delay) sensitive real-time, interactive traffic. The EF model uses one marking — DSCP 46.

What does DSCP 0 mean?

The most commonly used DSCP values are standardised. The values are defined in the IANA DSCP Registry. The default codepoint has the value 0 and denotes a best effort (BE) service. This mapping to “best effort” forwarding will be applied if network rules are not defined or the devices are non-DSCP compliant.