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Translation Table on SONET/SDH OC48/STM16 IQE PICs

On the SONET/SDH OC48/STM16 IQE PIC, the behavior aggregate (BA) translation tables are included for every logical interface (unit) protocol family configured on the logical interface. The proper default translation table is active even if you do not include any explicit translation tables. You can display the current translation table values with the show class-of-service translation-table command.

On M320, MX series, T640, and T1600 routers with SONET/SDH OC48/STM16 IQE PICs, you can replace the type-of-service (ToS) or DSCP or MPLS (EXP) bit value on the incoming packet header on a logical interface with a user-defined value. The new value is used for all class-of-service processing and is applied before any other class-of-service or firewall treatment of the packet. On the SONET/SDH OC48/STM16 IQE PIC, the values configured with the translation-table statement determines the new ToS bit values.

The SONET/SDH OC48/STM16 IQE PIC supports four types of translation tables: IP precedence, IPv4 DSCP, IPv6 DSCP, and MPLS (EXP). You can configure a maximum of eight tables for each supported type. If a translation table is enabled for a particular type of traffic, then BA classification of the same type must be configured for that logical interface. That is, if you configure an IPv4 translation table, you must configure IPv4 BA classification on the same logical interface.

You can define many translation tables, as long as they have distinct names. You apply a translation table to a logical interface at the [edit class-of-service interfaces] hierarchy level. Translation tables always translate “like to like.” For example, a translation table applied to MPLS traffic can translate only from received EXP bit values to new EXP bit values. That is, translation tables cannot translate, for instance, from DSCP bits to INET precedence code points.

With translation table, the original fields in the received packet are overwritten with the new values configured in the translation table and the old values will be lost.