The MultiSwitch 700 Device View

To assign a transmit priority based on MAC-layer information:

1.Click on the Add button. The entry fields will be activated.

2.Click in the MAC Address text box, and type in the physical address in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format, where X is a valid hexadecimal value (A-F or 0-9), for which you want to configure a transmit priority.

3.Click on the Address Type drop-down list box, and select whether you want the specified address to be in the Source Address portion of the frame (SA), the Destination Address portion (DA), or in either portion (SA/DA).

4.Specify a Frame Type that you want associated with the frame:

a.Click on the appropriate Frame Type option button: Specific if you want a certain Frame Type associated with the given MAC address, or All if you do not care about the Frame Type.

b.If you select Specific, click in the associated text box and type in the two-byte hexadecimal value for that protocol type (e.g., 0BAD for Banyan frames).

NOTE

When creating priority entries, you can specify up to four Frame Types for the same MAC Address value.

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.

NOTE

Since the MultiSwitch 700 module has 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.

6.Click Apply. 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 on 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).

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