Guidelines for DiffServ environments

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The following are guidelines to specify policies for marking, shaping, and/or policing in a DiffServ environment.

  1. Marking Only 
        OutgoingTOS     : Desired Type Of Service
    FlowServiceType : ControlledLoad
    MaxRate         : Take default of 0
  2. Shaping Only 
        OutgoingTOS     : Take default of 0
    FlowServiceType : Guaranteed
    MaxRate         : Target rate desired for traffic as a positive integer
  3. Marking and Policing (See Note) 
        OutgoingTOS     : Desired Type of Service
    FlowServiceType : ControlledLoad
    MaxRate         : Target rate desired for traffic as a positive integer
  4. Marking and Shaping 
        OutgoingTOS     : Desired Type of Service
    FlowServiceType : Guaranteed
    MaxRate         : Target rate desired for traffic as a positive integer
Note: The type of service set for the out of profile packets is set to zero in the case of policing.