GS700TR Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
Configuring Quality of Service 5-11
v1.0, May, 2008
Packets are classified and processed based on defined criteria. The classification criteria is defined
by a class. The processing is defined by a policy's attributes. Policy attributes may be defined on a
per-class instance basis, and it is these attributes that are applied when a match occurs. A policy
can contain multiples classes. When the policy is active, the actions taken depend on which class
matches the packet.
Packet processing begins by testing the class match criteria for a packet. A policy is applied to a
packet when a class match within that policy is found.
The Differentiated Services menu page contains links to the various Diffserv configuration and
display features.
To display the page, click QoS > DiffServ in the navigation menu. The Differentiated Services
menu page contains links to the following features:
• “Diffserv Configuration”
• “Class Configuration”
• “Policy Configuration”
• “Service Configuration”
• “Service Statistics”
Diffserv Configuration
Use the Diffserv Configuration page to display DiffServ General Status Group information, which
includes the current administrative mode setting as well as the current and maximum number of
rows in each of the main DiffServ private MIB tables.
To display the page:
1. Click the QoS > DiffServ > Basic > Diffserv Configuration in the navigation tree.