- Enterasays User's Guide SmartSwitch 2000

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View
2-52 Managing the Hub
2. Click on the Priority drop-down list box, and scroll to select the new priority
level (Normal–7) for forwarding packets received with the specified MAC-layer
information.
3. Click the Apply button. The Current Priority Entries list box will be updated
with the newly edited entry.
To clear a priority entry from the ctPriorityExtMACTable:
1. Highlight the desired entry in the Current Priority Entries list box, and click on
the Delete button. The entry fields will be cleared from the table.
Configuring Priority Queuing Based on Packet Type
You can use the Frame Priority Configuration window, Figure 2-20, to determine
packet queuing based solely upon its Type field data. Frame type entries are
maintained in the ctPriorityExtPktTypeTable. You can configure up to 15 frame
Type priority entries for the device.
Figure 2-20. The Frame Priority Configuration Window
To assign a transmit priority based on frame Type information:
1. Click on the Add button. The entry fields will be activated.
2. Click in the Frame Type text box, and type in the 2-byte frame Type in XXXX
format, where X is a valid hexadecimal value (A-F or 0-9), for which you want
to configure a transmit priority (e.g., 8137 for Novell Type 1 frames).
3. Click on the Priority drop-down list box, and scroll to select the desired
priority level (Normal–7) for forwarding packets received with the specified
Type field information.
Click Add to activate the Frame
Type field, then type in the 2
byte hexadecimal frame Type.
Use the drop-down list box to
select a priority (Normal–7)
associated with that frame Type.
Click Apply to set the priority at
the device. Any priority of 1 or
higher will allow packets
received at the chosen port to
be forwarded from the higher
priority transmission queue.