Chapter 20 Queuing Method; Queuing Method Overview; Strictly Priority; Weighted Fair Scheduling - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Dimension ES-3148 User Manual

This chapter introduces the queuing methods supported.

20.1 Queuing Method Overview

Queuing is used to help solve performance degradation when there is network congestion. Use
the Queuing Method screen to configure queuing algorithms for outgoing traffic. See also
Priority Queue Assignment in Switch Setup and 802.1p Priority in Port Setup for related
information.
Queuing algorithms allow switches to maintain separate queues for packets from each
individual source or flow and prevent a source from monopolizing the bandwidth.

20.1.1 Strictly Priority

Strictly Priority (SP) services queues based on priority only. As traffic comes into the switch,
traffic on the highest priority queue, Q7 is transmitted first. When that queue empties, traffic
on the next highest-priority queue, Q6 is transmitted until Q6 empties, and then traffic is
transmitted on Q5 and so on. If higher priority queues never empty, then traffic on lower
priority queues never gets sent. SP does not automatically adapt to changing network
requirements.

20.1.2 Weighted Fair Scheduling

Weighted Fair Scheduling is used to guarantee each queue's minimum bandwidth based on its
bandwidth weight (portion) (the number you configure in the Weight field - see Figure 18 1)
when there is traffic congestion. WFS is activated only when a port has more traffic than it can
handle. Queues with larger weights get more guaranteed bandwidth than queues with smaller
weights. This queuing mechanism is highly efficient in that it divides any available bandwidth
across the different traffic queues. By default, the weight for Q0 is 1, for Q1 is 2, for Q2 is 3,
and so on. Guaranteed bandwidth is calculated as follows:
For example, using the default setting, Q0 on Port 1 gets a guaranteed bandwidth of:

Chapter 20 Queuing Method

Queuing Method
Queue Weight
x Port Speed
Total Queue Weight
1
x 100 Mbps = 3 Mbps
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8
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