Enterasys Networks 700 User Manual
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Managing the Module
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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).
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 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).
NOTE
When creating priority entries, you can specify up to four Frame Types for the same MAC
Address value.
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.