Port Status and Basic Configuration
Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets
downstream device. If the outbound port is not configured as a tagged member
of the VLAN, then the tag is stripped from the packet, which then exits from
the switch without a priority setting.
Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings
Ports on the ProCurve switches have the following outbound port queue
structure:
Switch Model Outbound
Port Queues
Switch 6108 4
Series 5300xl Switch 4
Series 4100gl Switch 3
Series 3400cl Switch
Series 2600, 2600-PWR Switch 4
Series 2610, 2610-PWR Switch 4
Series 2800 Switch 4
Series 2500 Switch 2
Switches 1600M/2400M/2424M/4000M/8000M 2
As shown below, these port queues map to the eight priority settings specified
in the 802.1p standard.
Table 10-3. Mapping Priority Settings to Device Queues
802.1p Priority Settings Used
In Tagged VLAN Packets
Switches with
3 Outbound
Queue Assignment in Downstream Devices
With:
Port Queues
4 Queues 8 Queues 2 Queues
1 (low)
2 (low)
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low Low
0 (normal priority)
3
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
4
5
High
High
Medium
Medium
High
High
6
7 (high priority)
High
High
High
High
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