The Device View
2-62 Managing the Module
5. Click on the Priority drop-down list box, and scroll to select the desired
priority level — Normal (0)–7 — for forwarding packets received with the
specified MAC-layer information.
6. Click the Apply button. The Current Priority Entries list box will be updated
with the newly created entry.
You can edit an existing address entry by changing the priority currently associated with
the entry. To do so:
1. Highlight the desired entry in the Current Priority Entries list box, and click o n
the Edit button. The Priority drop-down list box will be activated. (All other
parameters will remain grayed-out, since they cannot be edited once they are
initially configured).
2. Click on the
Priority
drop-down list
box, and scroll
to select the
new priority
level
(Normal–7) for forwarding packets received with the specified MAC-layer
information.
3. Click the Apply button. The Current Priority Entries list box will be updated
with the newly edited entry.
To clear a priority entry from the ctPriorityExtMACTable:
1. Highlight the desired entry in the Current Priority Entries list box, and click o n
the Delete button. The entry fields will be cleared from the table.
Configuring Priority Queuing Based on Packet Type
You can use the Frame Priority Configuration window, Figure2-22, to determine packet
queuing based solely upon its Type field data. Frame type entries are maintained in the
ctPriorityExtPktTypeTable. You can configure up to 15 frame Type priority entries for the
device.
NOTE Since the SmartSwitch 6000 and Matrix E7 modules have two transmit queues, a priority
of Normal will cause packets to be forwarded through the lower priority queue, and any
priority of 1 through 7 will cause the packets to be forwarded through the higher priority
queue.