Defining Cos Global Parameters - Dell PowerConnect 5424 User Manual

The scheduling scheme is enabled system-wide. Queues assigned to the strict priority policy are
automati-cally assigned to the highest priority queue. By default all values are set as Strict Priority.
Queue weight values can be assigned in any order using WRR. WRR values can be assigned system-wide.
Best effort traffic is always assigned to the first queue. WRR values must be assigned so that Queue 1
remains best effort.

Defining CoS Global Parameters

Class of Service global parameters are set from the CoS Settings page.
To open the CoS Settings page, click Quality of Service→ CoS Global Parameters → CoS Settings in the
tree view.
Figure 9-1. CoS Settings
• Cos Mode — Enables or disables managing network traffic using Quality of Service.
• Trust Mode — Determines which packet fields to use for classifying packets entering the device.
When no rules are defined the traffic containing the predefined packet field (CoS or DSCP) is
mapped according to the relevant trust modes table. Traffic not containing a predefined packet field is
mapped to best effort. The possible Trust Mode field values are:
– CoS (802.1P) — The output queue assignment is determined by the IEEE802.1p VLAN priority
tag (VPT) or by the default VPT assigned to a port.
– DSCP — The output queue assignment is determined by the DSCP field. interface Trust settings
overrides the global Trust setting.
Enabling Quality of Service:
1 Open the CoS Settings page.
2 Select Enable in the CoS Mode field.
3 Click Apply Changes.
Class of Service is enabled on the device.
Configuring Quality of Service
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