Chapter 14 Quality of Service (QoS)

 

Table 61 QoS Queue Setup

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Buffer

This shows the queue management algorithm used for this queue.

 

Management

Queue management algorithms determine how the P-870HN-51D should

 

 

 

 

handle packets when it receives too many (network congestion).

 

 

 

 

Rate Limit

This shows the maximum transmission rate allowed for traffic on this

 

 

queue.

 

 

 

 

Modify

Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the queue.

 

 

Click the Remove icon to delete an existing queue. Note that subsequent

 

 

rules move up by one when you take this action.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the P-870HN-51D.

 

 

 

14.4.1 Adding a QoS Queue

Click the Add button or the edit icon in the Queue Setup screen to configure a queue.

Figure 89 QoS Queue Setup: Add

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 62 QoS Queue Setup: Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable

Select to enable or disable this queue.

 

 

Name

Enter the descriptive name of this queue.

 

 

Interface

Select the interface to which this queue is applied.

 

 

Priority

Select the priority level (from 1 to 3) of this queue.

 

The smaller the number, the higher the priority level. Traffic assigned to

 

higher priority queues gets through faster while traffic in lower priority

 

queues is dropped if the network is congested.

 

 

 

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