MAC Priority Settings
When using the MAC Priority mechanism, the packet is classified based on the MAC address field priority in the MAC priority table entries.
To configure a destination MAC address for a CoS queue, users must adhere to the following steps:
1.Users must first enter a static destination MAC address into the Forwarding Database (FDB) of the switch. To accomplish this, go to the Unicast Forwarding table in the Forwarding Filtering folder under the Configuration menu and click on the Unicast Forwarding link, which will display a window for users to enter this information.
2.Once a destination MAC has been added to the FDB, users must then configure the appropriate queue to be mapped to this destination MAC address, using the following window.
3.Once the previous parameters are set, users should go to the Priority Settings window located in this folder and set the egress ports on the switch to MAC Priority. These ports must only be set for MAC Priority and not for any other priority choice. Please be advised that the default priority setting
is for 802.1p and users must change the priority to MAC Priority for this function to work properly. Be sure that the device with this destination MAC address is connected to the port for which this priority is configured.
To view this table, click CoS > MAC Priority
Figure 8- 11. MAC Priority Setting
Type in the MAC Address, select the Class ID priority level and click the Apply button.
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