The value assigned to a port which designates the Differentiated Services Code Point. This is a hexidecimal value calculated from the upper six (6) bits of an eight (8) bit field in the packet's IP header (the remaining two[2] bits are unused). It is one of several methods used to determine packet type. Configuring this value requires knowledge of the users (desired) network traffic and, as such, a default value is not applicable (indicated as 00).