System-Wide Traffic Prioritization with IEEE-802.1p

• 802.1p support available for NICs today (Windows/nT)

• Layer 2 Switches with multiple hardware queues for 802.1p available today

• Layer 3 Switches with 802.1p and RSVP support available today

• Total end-to-end Traffic Prioritization available today

802.1p/Q

Enabled NIC

Tagged Frame

Priority

Queues

1

2

3

L3 Switch: Maps

Tag to Queue

L2 Switch:

802.1p/Q

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Central policy-setting tools are emerging

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