# Class CIM_AFService
extends CIM_DiffServService

This class represents a specialization to the general concept of forwarding network traffic by adding specific semantics that characterize the operation of the Assured Forwarding (AF) Service (RFC2597). This RFC defines four different AF classes to represent four different treatments of traffic (e.g., a different amount of forwarding resources, such as buffer space and bandwidth, are allocated). Within each AF class, IP packets are marked with one of three possible drop precedence values. The drop precedence of a packet determines the relative importance of that packet compared to other packets within the same AF class if congestion occurs. A congested interface will try to avoid dropping packets with a lower drop precedence value by instead discarding packets with a higher drop precedence value. Note that [R2597] defines 12 DSCPs that together represent the AF Per Hop Behavior (PHB) group. Implementations are free to extend this (e.g., add more classes and/or drop precedences). The AFService class is modeled as a specialization of DiffServService, which is in turn a specialization of QoSService. This enables it to be related to higher-level QoSServices, as well as to lower-level conditioning sub-services (e.g., classification, metering, dropping, queuing, and others).

### Table of Contents
Hierarchy
Direct Known Subclasses
Class Qualifiers
Class Properties
Class Methods

## Class Hierarchy

CIM_ManagedElement
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+--CIM_ManagedSystemElement
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+--CIM_LogicalElement
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+--CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
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+--CIM_Service
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+--CIM_QoSService
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+--CIM_DiffServService
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+--CIM_AFService

## Direct Known Subclasses

## Class Qualifiers

Name | Data Type | Value
--- | --- | ---
Description | string | This class represents a specialization to the general concept of forwarding network traffic by adding specific semantics that characterize the operation of the Assured Forwarding (AF) Service (RFC2597). This RFC defines four different AF classes to represent four different treatments of traffic (e.g., a different amount of forwarding resources, such as buffer space and bandwidth, are allocated). Within each AF class, IP packets are marked with one of three possible drop precedence values. The drop precedence of a packet determines the relative importance of that packet compared to other packets within the same AF class if congestion occurs. A congested interface will try to avoid dropping packets with a lower drop precedence value by instead discarding packets with a higher drop precedence value. Note that [R2597] defines 12 DSCPs that together represent the AF Per Hop Behavior (PHB) group. Implementations are free to extend this (e.g., add more classes and/or drop precedences). The AFService class is modeled as a specialization of DiffServService, which is in turn a specialization of QoSService. This enables it to be related to higher-level QoSServices, as well as to lower-level conditioning sub-services (e.g., classification, metering, dropping, queuing, and others).
UMLPackagePath | string | CIM::Network::QoS
Version | string | 2.7.0

## Class Properties

### Local Class Properties

Name | Data Type | Default Value | Qualifiers
--- | --- | --- | ---
Name | Data Type | Value
ClassNumber | uint8 |
Description | string | This property is an 8-bit unsigned integer that indicates the number of AF classes that this AF implementation uses. Among the instances aggregated into AFService (using QoSConditioningSubService), one SHOULD find markers with as many distinct values as is indicated by ClassNumber.
DropperNumber | uint8 |
Description | string | This property is an 8-bit unsigned integer that indicates the number of drop precedence values that this AF implementation uses. The number of drop precedence values is the number PER AF CLASS. The corresponding droppers are found in the collection of ConditioningServices aggregated by QoSConditioningSubService.

### Inherited Properties

Name | Data Type | Class Origin
--- | --- | ---
Caption | string | CIM_ManagedElement
CommunicationStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
CreationClassName | string | CIM_Service
Description | string | CIM_ManagedElement
DetailedStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
DSCP | uint8 | CIM_DiffServService
ElementName | string | CIM_ManagedElement
EnabledDefault | uint16 | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
EnabledState | uint16 | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
HealthState | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
InstallDate | datetime | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
InstanceID | string | CIM_ManagedElement
Name | string | CIM_Service
OperatingStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
OtherEnabledState | string | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
PHBID | uint16 | CIM_DiffServService
PrimaryOwnerContact | string | CIM_Service
PrimaryOwnerName | string | CIM_Service
PrimaryStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
RequestedState | uint16 | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
Started | boolean | CIM_Service
StartMode | string | CIM_Service
Status | string | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
SystemCreationClassName | string | CIM_Service
SystemName | string | CIM_Service
TimeOfLastStateChange | datetime | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
TransitioningToState | uint16 | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
AvailableRequestedStates | uint16[] | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
OperationalStatus | uint16[] | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
StatusDescriptions | string[] | CIM_ManagedSystemElement

## Class Methods

### Inherited Class Methods

Name | Return Type | Class Origin
--- | --- | ---
RequestStateChange | uint32 | CIM_EnabledLogicalElement
StartService | uint32 | CIM_Service
StopService | uint32 | CIM_Service