Chapter 13: class of service, Layer 2 queue settings, Setting the default priority for interfaces – LevelOne GTL-2690 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.
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
15
– 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.
15. CLI displays this information as “Priority for untagged traffic.”
