Netgear M4100-50G (GSM7248v2h2) - 46‐port GE + 4 GE Combo L2 Managed Switch Manual De Usuario

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Configure Quality of Service 
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M4100 Series Managed Switch 
QoS Overview
You can configure Quality of Service (QoS) settings on the switch. In a typical switch, each 
physical port consists of one or more queues for transmitting packets on the attached 
network. Multiple queues per port are often provided to give preference to certain packets 
over others based on user-defined criteria. When a packet is queued for transmission in a 
port, the rate at which it is serviced depends on how the queue is configured and possibly the 
amount of traffic present in the other queues of the port. If a delay is necessary, packets get 
held in the queue until the scheduler authorizes the queue for transmission. As queues 
become full, packets cannot be held for transmission and get dropped by the switch.
QoS is a means of providing consistent, predictable data delivery by distinguishing between 
packets with strict timing requirements from those that are more tolerant of delay. Packets 
with strict timing requirements are given “special treatment” in a QoS-capable network. With 
this in mind, all elements of the network must be QoS-capable. The presence of at least one 
node that is not QoS-capable creates a deficiency in the network path and the performance 
of the entire packet flow is compromised.
Class of Service
The Class of Service (CoS) queueing feature lets you directly configure certain aspects of 
switch queueing. This provides the desired QoS behavior for different types of network traffic 
when the complexities of DiffServ are not required. The priority of a packet arriving at an 
interface can be used to steer the packet to the appropriate outbound CoS queue through a 
mapping table. CoS queue characteristics that affect queue mapping, such as minimum 
guaranteed bandwidth or transmission rate shaping are user configurable at the queue (or 
port) level. Eight queues per port are supported. 
You can set the Class of Service trust mode of an interface. Each port in the switch can be 
configured to trust one of the packet fields (802.1p or IP DSCP), or to not trust any packet’s 
priority designation (untrusted mode). If the port is set to a trusted mode, it uses a mapping 
table appropriate for the trusted field being used. This mapping table indicates the CoS 
queue to which the packet should be forwarded on the appropriate egress ports. Of course, 
the trusted field must exist in the packet for the mapping table to be of any use, so there are 
default actions performed when this is not the case. These actions involve directing the 
packet to a specific CoS level configured for the ingress port as a whole, based on the 
existing port default priority as mapped to a traffic class by the current 802.1p mapping table.
Alternatively, when a port is configured as untrusted, it does not trust any incoming packet 
priority designation and uses the port default priority value instead. All packets arriving at the 
ingress of an untrusted port are directed to a specific CoS queue on the appropriate egress 
ports, in accordance with the configured default priority of the ingress port. This process is 
also used for cases where a trusted port mapping is unable to be honored, such as when a 
non-IP packet arrives at a port configured to trust the IP DSCP value.