PLANET WGSW-5242 - Manual (Page 118)

User’s Manual of WGSW-5242
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tag inserted into the packet header is used to identify the priority level of data packets.
The Managed Switch supports Port-based QoS (Port priority mapping) and four queues. The screen in Figure 4-8-7 appears .
802.1P sets the priority relationships between queues and 802.1p priority.
Figure 4-8-7
802.1P configuration screenshot
The page includes the following fields:
Object Description
• 802.1P Priority This value is retrieved from the priority tag field, with values from 0 to 7.
0 indicates the lowest priority, 7 indicates the highest priority.
• Assigned Queue Indicates priority queue mapping for 802.1P.
There are four priority queues, Queue 1 is the lowest priority queue, and Queue 4 is the
highest priority queue.
802.1p Priority:
Priority classifiers of the Switch forward packet. COS range is from 0 to 7. Seven is
the high class. Zero is the less class. The user may configure the mapping between COS and Traffic
classifiers.
4.8.5 Port-Based QoS
When Port-Based priority is applied, any packets received from a high priority port will be treated as a high priority packet.
Select the QoS mode to Port-Based Priority, the Port ID to queue mapping configuration page appears, as the Figure 4-8-8
shows.