Classifier; Chapter 21 Classifier; Classifier Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications GS2210 Series User Manual

21.1 Classifier Overview

This chapter introduces and shows you how to configure the packet classifier on the Switch. It also
discusses Quality of Service (QoS) and classifier concepts as employed by the Switch.

21.1.1 What You Can Do

• Use the Classifier Status screen
on the Switch and how many times the traffic matches the rules.
• Use the Classifier Configuration screen
and view a summary of the classifier configuration. After you define the classifier, you can specify
actions (or policy) to act upon the traffic that matches the rules.
• Use the Classifier Global Setting screen
order and enable logging on the Switch.

21.1.2 What You Need to Know

Quality of Service (QoS) refers to both a network's ability to deliver data with minimum delay, and
the networking methods used to control the use of bandwidth. Without QoS, all traffic data is
equally likely to be dropped when the network is congested. This can cause a reduction in network
performance and make the network inadequate for time-critical application such as video-on-
demand.
A classifier groups traffic into data flows according to specific criteria such as the source address,
destination address, source port number, destination port number or incoming port number. For
example, you can configure a classifier to select traffic from the same protocol port (such as Telnet)
to form a flow.
Configure QoS on the Switch to group and prioritize application traffic and fine-tune network
performance. Setting up QoS involves two separate steps:
Configure classifiers to sort traffic into different flows.
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Configure policy rules to define actions to be performed on a classified traffic flow (refer to
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21.2 Classifier Status

Use this screen to to view the classifiers configured on the Switch and how many times the traffic
matches the rules.
(Section 21.2 on page
to configure policy rules).
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