LevelOne GTL-2691 - Manual (Page 76)

C HAPTER 1 | Introduction
Description of Software Features
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◆ Simplify network management for node changes/moves by remotely
configuring VLAN membership for any port, rather than having to
manually change the network connection.
◆ Provide data security by restricting all traffic to the originating VLAN,
except where a connection is explicitly defined via the switch's routing
service.
◆ Use private VLANs to restrict traffic to pass only between data ports
and the uplink ports, thereby isolating adjacent ports within the same
VLAN, and allowing you to limit the total number of VLANs that need to
be configured.
◆ Use protocol VLANs to restrict traffic to specified interfaces based on
protocol type.
IEEE 802.1Q
T UNNELING (Q IN Q)
This feature is designed for service providers carrying traffic for multiple
customers across their networks. QinQ tunneling is used to maintain
customer-specific VLAN and Layer 2 protocol configurations even when
different customers use the same internal VLAN IDs. This is accomplished
by inserting Service Provider VLAN (SPVLAN) tags into the customer’s
frames when they enter the service provider’s network, and then stripping
the tags when the frames leave the network.
T RAFFIC
P RIORITIZATION
This switch prioritizes each packet based on the required level of service,
using eight priority queues with strict priority, Weighted Round Robin
(WRR), or a combination of strict and weighted queuing. It uses IEEE
802.1p and 802.1Q tags to prioritize incoming traffic based on input from
the end-station application. These functions can be used to provide
independent priorities for delay-sensitive data and best-effort data.
This switch also supports several common methods of prioritizing layer 3/4
traffic to meet application requirements. Traffic can be prioritized based on
the priority bits in the IP frame’s Type of Service (ToS) octet using DSCP, IP
Precedence, or TCP/UDP port numbers. When these services are enabled,
the priorities are mapped to a Class of Service value by the switch, and the
traffic then sent to the corresponding output queue.
Q UALITY OF S ERVICE
Differentiated Services (DiffServ) provides policy-based management
mechanisms used for prioritizing network resources to meet the
requirements of specific traffic types on a per-hop basis. Each packet is
classified upon entry into the network based on access lists, IP Precedence
or DSCP values, or VLAN lists. Using access lists allows you select traffic
based on Layer 2, Layer 3, or Layer 4 information contained in each
packet. Based on network policies, different kinds of traffic can be marked
for different kinds of forwarding.