Management Guide

Configuring Traffic Classes

IEEE 802.1p defines up to 8 separate traffic classes. This switch supports Quality of Service (QoS) by using two priority queues, with weighted fair queuing for each port. You can use the 802.1P Configuration menu to configure the default priority for each port, or to display the mapping for the traffic classes as described in the following sections.

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802.1P Configuration : Selection Menu

802.1P Port Priority Configuration ...

802.1P Port Traffic Class Information ...

<OK>

Use <TAB> or arrows keys to move. <Enter> to select.

Port Priority Configuration

The default priority for all ingress ports is zero. Therefore, any inbound frames that do not have priority tags will be placed in the low priority output queue. Default priority is only used to determine the output queue for the current port; no priority tag is actually added to the frame. You can use the 802.1P Port Priority Configuration menu to adjust default priority for any port as shown below:

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802.1P Port Priority Configuration : Port 1 - 8

Port

Default Ingress

Number of Egress

 

 

User Priority

Traffic Class

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1

 

0

2

2

 

0

2

3

 

0

2

4

 

0

2

5

 

0

2

6

 

0

2

7

 

0

2

8

 

0

2

<APPLY>

<OK>

<CANCEL>

Use <TAB> or arrow keys to move, other keys to make changes.

Parameter

Description

Port

Numeric identifier for switch port.

Default Ingress User Priority

Default priority can be set to any value from 0~7, where 0~3

 

specifies the low priority queue and 4~7 specifies the high priority

 

queue.

Number of Egress Traffic Classes

Indicates that this switch supports two priority output queues.

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CheetahSwitch Workgroup, 4508 specifications

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