HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem - Manual (Page 106)

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Traffic Classes
A traffic class allows you to categorize packets requiring similar traffic management.
The following table describes the columns on the traffic class screen. Clicking another link in the pull-down
menu or left navigation tree causes current edits that have not been applied to be lost.
Item
Description
Name Name of the traffic class.
Real Time One user-defined class can be designated as real time. Traffic from this class has the
highest priority and is scheduled in strict priority order. The Share and Max Share for
the Real Time class must be equal, and should be less than or equal to 50.
Share Minimum guaranteed bandwidth that each traffic class gets. The sum of shares of all
enabled classes and the Best_Effort class equals 100.
Max Share Maximum share that the traffic class can use when other traffic classes are not using
their maximum share. The FCoE-Lossless class gets its maximum share from fabric
speed settings.
Egress DOT1P Priority The egress dot1p priority marking applied on the VLAN tag.
Enabled
The FCoE Lossless and Best_Effort classes are enabled by default. Other classes are
enabled if the checkbox in the Enabled column is selected.
Reset QoS
configuration to default
values
Click Reset, and then click Apply.
IMPORTANT: Clicking Reset, and then clicking Apply resets the values on both the
Traffic Class and Ingress Traffic Classification tabs to the default values for active and
inactive configurations.
The following table lists the available actions from this screen:
Action Description
Edit the name of a traffic class Click on the name of the traffic class, edit the name, and then
click Apply.
Designate a traffic class as real time Select the checkbox in the Real Time column of the class. If a
class is already designated as Real Time, unselect that
checkbox, and then select the checkbox in the Real Time column
of the new class. If necessary, adjust the numbers in the Share
and Max Share columns. These numbers must be equal, and
cannot be more than 50.