Operation Manual - QoS&QoS Profile 
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches  Chapter 1  QoS Configuration
 
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1.1.4  Priority of Protocol Packets 
Protocol packets carry their own priority. You can perform QoS actions on protocol 
packets by setting their priorities.  
1.1.5  Priority Remark 
The priority remark function is to use ACL rules in traffic identification and remark the 
priority for the packets matching with the ACL rules. 
1.1.6  Packet Filter 
Packet filter means filtering the service traffic. For example, in the operation of dropping 
packets, the service traffic matching with the traffic classification rule is dropped and 
the other traffic is permitted. The Ethernet switch adopts a complicated traffic 
classification rule to filter the packets based on much information and to drop these 
useless, unreliable, and doubtful packets. Therefore, the network security is enhanced. 
The two critical steps in the packet filter operation are: 
Step1: Classify the inbound packets to the port by the set classification rule. 
Step 2: Perform the filter——drop operation on the classified packets. 
The packet filter function can be implemented by applying ACL rules on the port. Refer 
to the description in the ACL module for detailed configurations. 
1.1.7  Rate Limit on Ports 
Rate limit on ports is port-based rate limit. It limits the total rate of outbound packets on 
a port.  
1.1.8  TP 
The network will be made more congested by plenty of continuous burst packets if the 
traffic of each user is not limited. The traffic of each user must be limited in order to 
make better use of the limited network resources and provide better service for more 
users. For example, the traffic can only get its committed resources in an interval to 
avoid network congestion caused by excess bursts. 
TP (traffic policing) is a kind of traffic control policy to limit the traffic and its resource 
usage by supervising the traffic specification. The regulation policy is implemented 
according to the evaluation result on the premise of knowing whether the traffic 
exceeds the specification when TP or TS is performed. The token bucket is generally 
adopted in the evaluation of traffic specification.