Using Traffic Prioritization - 3Com 3824 Implementation Manual

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Using the traffic prioritization capabilities of your Switch provides Quality
of Service (QoS) to your network through increased reliability of data
delivery. You can prioritize traffic on your network to ensure that high
priority data is transmitted with minimum delay.
Traffic can be controlled by a set of rules to obtain the required Quality of
Service for your network. The rules define different types of traffic and
specify how each type should be treated as it passes through the Switch,
for example, prioritized or discarded. Being able to define exactly how
you want your Switch to treat selected applications, devices, users and
types of traffic allows you to have more control over your network.
There are two different categories of rules:
Application-based rules — describe how to deal with traffic for a
specific application, for example, Netmeeting or Lotus Notes.
Device-based rules — describe how to deal with traffic that flows to
and from specific devices, for example, servers or server farms.
This chapter explains more about traffic prioritization.
What is Traffic Prioritization?
How Traffic Prioritization Works
Important QoS Considerations
Default QoS Configurations
Basic traffic prioritization is the default level of QoS supported by the
Switch 3812 and Switch 3824.
For a list of the features supported by your Switch, please refer to the
Management Quick Reference Guide that accompanies your Switch.
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