6USING TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION
Using the traffic prioritization capabilities of your Switch allows your
network traffic to be prioritized to ensure that high priority data is
transmitted with m inimum delay.
For a list of the features supported by your Switch, please refer to the
Management Quick Reference Guide that accompanies your Switch.
For detailed descriptions of the web interface operations and the
command line interface (CLI) commands tha t you require to manage the
Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide
supplied in HTML format on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch.
The SuperStack 3 Switch 4200 has two traffi c queues per port giving it a
basic capability to prioritize traffic. For more granular prioritization and an
enhanced Quality of Service support, the SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 is
available.
What is Traffic
Prioritization?
Traffic prioritization allows high priority data, such as time-sen sitive and
system-critical data to be transferred smoothly and wit h minimal delay
over a network.
Traffic prioritization is most useful for critical applications that require a
high level of service from the network. Thes e could include:
■Converged network applications — Used by organizations with a
converged network, that is, a network that uses the same
infrastructure for vo ice and video data a nd traditional data.
Organizations that require high quality voice and video data
transmission at all times can ensure this by maximising bandwidth and
providing low latency.