Monitor Forwarding Classes

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Use this page to view the current assignment of CoS forwarding classes to queue numbers on the system.

Table 1 describes the fields on the Forwarding Classes page.

Table 1: Fields on the Forwarding Classes Page

Field	Description
Forwarding Class	Names of forwarding classes assigned to queue numbers. By default, the following forwarding classes are assigned to queues 0 through 3: best-effort—Provides no special CoS handling of packets. Loss priority is typically not carried in a CoS value, and RED drop profiles are more aggressive. expedited-forwarding—Provides low loss, low delay, low jitter, assured bandwidth, and end-to-end service. assured-forwarding—Provides high assurance for packets within specified service profile. Excess packets are dropped. network-control—Packets can be delayed but not dropped.
Queue	Queue number corresponding to the forwarding class name. By default, four queues, 0 through 3, are assigned to forwarding classes.

Field

Description

Forwarding Class

Names of forwarding classes assigned to queue numbers. By default, the following forwarding classes are assigned to queues 0 through 3:

best-effort—Provides no special CoS handling of packets. Loss priority is typically not carried in a CoS value, and RED drop profiles are more aggressive.
expedited-forwarding—Provides low loss, low delay, low jitter, assured bandwidth, and end-to-end service.
assured-forwarding—Provides high assurance for packets within specified service profile. Excess packets are dropped.
network-control—Packets can be delayed but not dropped.

Queue

Queue number corresponding to the forwarding class name.

By default, four queues, 0 through 3, are assigned to forwarding classes.