182CHAPTER 13: CONFIGURING QUALITY OF SERVICE

Configuring Voice The Voice VLAN allows network administrators to enhance VoIP service by

VLANconfiguring ports to carry IP voice traffic from IP phones on a specific VLAN. VoIP traffic has a preconfigured OUI prefix in the source MAC address. Network Administrators can configure a VLAN on which voice IP traffic is forwarded. Non-VoIP traffic is dropped from the Voice VLAN in auto Voice VLAN secure mode. Voice VLAN also provides QoS to VoIP traffic, ensuring that the quality of voice does not deteriorate if IP traffic is received unevenly. The system supports one Voice VLAN.

There are two operational modes for IP Phones:

IP phones are configured with VLAN-mode as enabled, ensuring that tagged packets are used for all communications.

If the IP phone’s VLAN-mode is disabled, the phone uses untagged packets. The phone uses untagged packets while retrieving the initial IP address through DHCP. The phone eventually uses the Voice VLAN and starts sending tagged packets.

This section contains the following topics:

Viewing Voice VLAN

Defining Voice VLAN

Defining Voice VLAN Port Settings

Viewing Voice VLAN Port Definitions

Viewing the OUI Summaries

Modifying OUI Definitions

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