Egress queue vs packet priority mapping – Allied Telesis AT-GS950/48PS User Manual

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Egress Queue vs

Packet Priority

Mapping

Each port has four egress queues, labeled Q0, Q1, Q2, and Q3. Q0 is the
lowest priority queue and Q3 is the highest. A packet in a high priority
egress queue is typically transmitted sooner than a packet in a low priority
queue.Table 3 lists the default mappings between the eight CoS priority
levels and the four egress queues of a switch port.

You can change these mappings. For example, you might decide that
packets with a priority of 6 and 7 need to be handled by egress queue Q3
and packets with a priority of 2 and 3 should be handled in Q1. The result
is shown in Table 4.

Table 3. Default Mappings Priority Levels to Priority Queues

IEEE 802.1p

Priority Level

Port Priority

Queue

0

Q0

1

Q0

2

Q0

3

Q0

4

Q0

5

Q0

6

Q0

7

Q0

Table 4. Customized Mappings Priority Levels to Priority Queues

IEEE 802.1p

Priority Level

Port Priority

Queue

0

Q0

1

Q0

2

Q1

3

Q1

4

Q2

5

Q2

6

Q3

7

Q3

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