Quality of Service
Configuring QoS - General
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STEP  2 Click Apply. The interface default CoS value is saved to Running Configuration file.
Configuring QoS Queues 
The device supports 4 for each interface. Queue number four is the highest 
priority queue. Queue number one is the lowest priority queue.
There are two ways of determining how traffic in queues is handled, Strict Priority 
and Weighted Round Robin (WRR). 
• Strict Priority—Egress traffic from the highest-priority queue is 
transmitted first. Traffic from the lower queues is processed only after the 
highest queue has been transmitted, thus providing the highest level of 
priority of traffic to the highest numbered queue. 
• Weighted Round Robin (WRR)—In WRR mode the number of packets sent 
from the queue is proportional to the weight of the queue (the higher the 
weight the more frames are sent). For example, if there are a maximum of 
four queues possible and all four queues are WRR and the default weights 
are used, queue1 receives 1/15 of the bandwidth (assuming all queues are 
saturated and there is congestion), queue 2 receives 2/15, queue 3 receives 
4/15 and queue 4 receives 8 /15 of the bandwidth. The type of WRR 
algorithm used in the device is not the standard Deficit WRR (DWRR), but 
rather Shaped Deficit WRR (SDWRR). 
The queuing modes can be selected in the Queue page. When the queuing mode 
is by strict priority, the priority sets the order in which queues are serviced, 
starting with Queue 4 or Queue 8 (the highest priority queue) and going to the next 
lower queue when each queue is completed. 
When the queuing mode is Weighted Round Robin, queues are serviced until their 
quota has been used up and then another queue is serviced.
It is also possible to assign some of the lower queues to WRR, while keeping some 
of the higher queues in strict priority. In this case traffic for the strict priority 
queues is always sent before traffic from the WRR queues. Only after the strict 
priority queues have been emptied is traffic from the WRR queues forwarded. 
(The relative portion from each WRR queue depends on its weight).
To select the priority method and enter WRR data. 
STEP 1 Click Quality of Service > General > Queue.
STEP  2 Enter the parameters.