Chapter 13: class of service, Layer 2 queue settings, Setting the default priority for interfaces – Edge Products ES3528-WDM User Manual

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Chapter 13: Class of Service

Class of Service (CoS) allows you to specify which data packets have greater
precedence when traffic is buffered in the switch due to congestion. This switch
supports CoS with eight priority queues for each port. Data packets in a port’s
high-priority queue will be transmitted before those in the lower-priority queues. You
can set the default priority for each interface, and configure the mapping of frame
priority tags to the switch’s priority queues.

Note:

The priority for all traffic entering a VLAN can also be configured using the CLI
(see the “vlan priority” command on page 31-6

Layer 2 Queue Settings

Setting the Default Priority for Interfaces

You can specify the default port priority for each interface on the switch. All untagged
packets entering the switch are tagged with the specified default port priority, and
then sorted into the appropriate priority queue at the output port.

Command Usage
• This switch provides eight priority queues for each port. It uses Weighted Round

Robin to prevent head-of-queue blockage.

• The default priority applies for an untagged frame received on a port set to accept

all frame types (i.e, receives both untagged and tagged frames). This priority does
not apply to IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagged frames. If the incoming frame is an IEEE
802.1Q VLAN tagged frame, the IEEE 802.1p User Priority bits will be used.

• If the output port is an untagged member of the associated VLAN, these frames are

stripped of all VLAN tags prior to transmission.

Command Attributes

Default Priority

24

– The priority that is assigned to untagged frames received on

the specified interface. (Range: 0 - 7, Default: 0)

Number of Egress Traffic Classes – The number of queue buffers provided for

each port.

24. CLI displays this information as “Priority for untagged traffic.”

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