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Change Number of Queues, 11.4 Advanced QoS Settings

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Chapter 11 QoS Table 17 QoS Setting (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Priority This value indicates packet priority and is retrieved from the priority tag field of incoming packets. The values range from 0 (lowest priority) to 7 (highest priority). Click the options below the priority values to send packets of a specific priority to a particular queue. You can also set this priority based on criteria you configure in the Advanced QoS screens. See the sections later in this chapter for more information. Queue 0 ... Queue 3 This field indicates which Queue (0 to 3) you are configuring. Queue 0 has the lowest priority and Queue 3 the highest priority. Weight You can only configure the queue weights when Weighted Round Robin is selected. Bandwidth is divided across the different traffic queues according to their weights. Apply Note: If you want to use Strict Priority but want to change the weights for the queues, configure them with Weighted Round Robin selected first and then change the scheduling method to Strict Priority. Click Apply to save your changes. 11.3.1 Change Number of Queues Use the Change Number of Queues screen to edit the number of queues on the Switch. Click Change in the QoS Setting screen to view the following screen. Figure 39 Change Number of Queues Select the number of queues from the Number of Queues drop down list box and click Apply to save your settings to the Switch. 11.4 Advanced QoS Settings The following sections describe additional methods for setting priority for incoming packets on the ports. The Switch allows you to choose one of the following methods: 70 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide

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Chapter 11 QoS
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11.3.1
Change Number of Queues
Use the
Change Number of Queues
screen to edit the number of queues on the
Switch. Click
Change
in the QoS Setting screen to view the following screen.
Figure 39
Change Number of Queues
Select the number of queues from the
Number of Queues
drop down list box and
click
Apply
to save your settings to the Switch.
11.4
Advanced QoS Settings
The following sections describe additional methods for setting priority for incoming
packets on the ports. The Switch allows you to choose one of the following
methods:
Priority
This value indicates packet priority and is retrieved from the priority tag field
of incoming packets. The values range from 0 (lowest priority) to 7 (highest
priority). Click the options below the priority values to send packets of a
specific priority to a particular queue. You can also set this priority based on
criteria you configure in the
Advanced
QoS screens. See the sections later in
this chapter for more information.
Queue 0
... Queue
3
This field indicates which Queue (0 to 3) you are configuring. Queue 0 has the
lowest priority and Queue 3 the highest priority.
Weight
You can only configure the queue weights when
Weighted Round Robin
is
selected. Bandwidth is divided across the different traffic queues according to
their weights.
Note: If you want to use
Strict Priority
but want to change the weights
for the queues, configure them with
Weighted Round Robin
selected first and then change the scheduling method to
Strict
Priority
.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Table 17
QoS Setting
(continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION