Análisis de los indicadores de eficiencia

Capítulo 3: Análisis de los resultados

3.5 Análisis de los indicadores de eficiencia

Per Port Priority

VLAN Tag Priority IP TOS Classification

IP TCP/UDP Port Classification IP DIffServe Classification

Click on Configure next to the desired QoS function. Once you have set the configurations, remember to click on Apply to save the settings.

With QoS configurations, the Default Class is either set to high or low. When you set one of the five QoS functions listed above, packets that do not belong to this QoS setting are viewed as Default Class.

For example, if you set QoS function as VLAN Tag Priority mode, and then choose Default Class as High, the priority of the packets with no tag will be considered as High priority. The initial value of the Default Class is High.

Figure 5.19 – QoS Configuration

The QoS functions listed in Figure 5.19 are listed below.

Function name:

Per Port Priority

Function description:

QoS priority can be assigned, including High and Low for each port. For example, if IP packets from Port 2 and Port 3 are transmitted at the speed of 1Gbps to Port 1, and the Class of Port 2 is set as High and Port 3 is set as Low, then the packets of Port 3 will be dropped when the congestion happens because Port 2 has a higher precedence of transmitting packets.

Port No:

Choose the port (1~12) respectively with Priority Class on Per Port Priority function. Class:

Set High Priority or Low Priority for each port respectively.

Figure 5.20 – Per Port Priority

Function name:

VLAN Tag Priority

Function description:

In VLAN tag, there are three bits belonging to priority. According to these three bits, we could arrange eight traffics –0 0 0, 0 0 1, 0 1 0, 0 1 1, 1 0 0, 1 0 1, 1 1 0, 1 1 1. We can set High priority or Low priority for each traffic class. For instance, if we set VLAN-tagged priority 0 0 0 to high priority and VLAN-tagged priority 0 0 1 to Low Priority, and then include ports 1, 2, 3 in VLAN 2 that means the packets that have the value 0 0 0 in VLAN-tagged field and VID equals two from Port 2 and the packets that have the value 0 0 1 in VLAN-tagged field and VID equals two from Port 3 into the switch. The two kinds of packets are transmitted for Port 1 until the port results in congestion. The result is that the packets will be dropped partially from Port 3 because the packets belong to Low Priority. For the use of VLAN Tag Priority function, use the Configure button.

Figure 5.21 – VLAN Tag Priority

Quality of Service (QoS) VLAN Tag Configuration:

Used for setting up the QoS belongs to VLAN operation. Port:

Set the ports (1~12) respectively to allow the VLAN Tag QoS function to work. Use Select All to set all the ports at the same time.

Bit 0, Bit 1, Bit 2:

According to the arrangement of VLAN-tagged priority, eight types of traffic can be formed, including 0 0 0, 0 0 1, 0 1 0, 0 1 1, 1 0 0, 1 0 1, 1 1 0 and 1 1 1.

Class:

Set High Priority or Low Priority for each port respectively for the eight types of traffic.

Function name:

IP ToS Classification

Function description:

Another QoS function is the application of Layer 3 on network framework. This focus is on the TOS field of the IP header. There are three bits in TOS field. Bit 5~7 of TOS field will be used. According to these three bits, we could arrange eight traffics –0 0 0, 0 0 1, 0 1 0, 0 1 1, 1 0 0, 1 0 1, 1 1 0, 1 1 1. As long as we change bit 5~7 of TOS field of IP header, we will create the eight traffic packets. High priority or Low priority can be set for each traffic class. For instance, if we set TOS 0 0 0 to high priority and TOS 0 0 1 to Low Priority the packets that have bit 5~7 of TOS Field are 0 0 0 from Port 2 and the packets that have bit 5~7 of TOS Field are 0 0 1 from Port 3. The two kinds of packets are transmitted for Port 1 until the port results in congestion. The result is that the packets will be dropped partially from Port 3 because the packets belong to Low Priority.

Figure 5.22 – QoS ToS Configuration

Parameter description:

Quality of Service (QoS) ToS Configuration: Used for setting the QoS in Layer 3. Port:

Set the ports (1~12) respectively to allow the TOS QoS function to work. Use Select All to set all the ports at the same time.

Bit 0, Bit 1, Bit 2:

According to the arrangement of Bit 5 ~ Bit 7 in TOS Field of IP Header, eight types of traffic can be formed, including 0 0 0, 0 0 1, 0 1 0, 0 1 1, 1 0 0, 1 0 1, 1 1 0 and 1 1 1.

Class:

Set High Priority or Low Priority for each port respectively for the eight types of traffic.

Function name:

IP TCP/UDP Port Classification

Function description:

In the L4 QoS Configuration, one of the following seven special network transmission events can be chosen:

Parameter description:

Disable IP TCP/UDP Port Classification:

Belongs to the QoS in L4. Select the option button and click Apply. Click Advance set special TCP/UDP port for QoS.

Down prioritize web browsing, e-mail, FTP and news: