D-Link 1016T User Manual - Page 13

802.1P and QoS The DGS-1024T and DGS-1016T Switches support 802.1p priority queuing Quality of Service. The imp lementation of QoS (Quality of Service) and benefits of using 802.1p priority queuing are described here. Advantages of QoS QoS is an implementation of the IEEE 802.1p standard that allows network administrators a method of reserving bandwidth for important functions that require a large bandwidth or have a high priority, such as VoIP (voice-over Internet Protocol), web browsing applications, file server applications or video conferencing. Not only can a larger bandwidth be created, but other less critical traffic can be limited, so bandwidth can be saved. The Switch has separate hardware queues on every physical port to which packets fro m various applications are mapped to and assigned a priority. The illustration below shows how 802.1P priority queuing is implemented on the Switch. The eight IEEE 802.1P priority levels defined by the standard are mapped to the four class queues used in the Switch. Mapping QoS on the Switch The picture above shows the default priority setting for the Switch. Class-3 has the highest priority of the four priority queues on the Switch. In order to implement QoS, the user is required to instruct the Switch to examine the 13