User`s manual

PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions
Ingress
Setting Description Factory Default
Ingress rate
Select the ingress rate for all packets from the
following options: 8M, 4M, 2M, 1M, 512K, 256K,
128K, Not Limited.
Not Limited
Using Traffic Prioritization
The PT switch’s traffic prioritization capability provides Quality of Service (QoS) to your network
by making data delivery more reliable. You can prioritize traffic on your network to ensure that
high priority data is transmitted with minimum delay. Traffic can be controlled by a set of rules to
obtain the required Quality of Service for your network. The rules define different types of traffic
and specify how each type should be treated as it passes through the switch. The PT-7324 can
inspect both IEEE 802.1p/1Q QoS tags, and TOS information to provide consistent classification
of the entire network. The PT-7324’s QoS capability improves the performance and determinism
of industrial networks for mission critical applications.
The Traffic Prioritization Concept
What is Traffic Prioritization?
Traffic prioritization allows you to prioritize data so that time-sensitive and system-critical data
can be transferred smoothly and with minimal delay over a network. The benefits of using traffic
prioritization are:
y Improve network performance by controlling a wide variety of traffic and managing
congestion.
y Assign priorities to different categories of traffic. For example, set higher priorities for
time-critical or business-critical applications.
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