Assigning priority policies to PoE traffic

You can use the configurable QoS (Quality of Service) features in the switch to create prioritization policies for traffic moving through PoE ports.

Table 5: Classifiers for prioritizing outbound packets

Priority

QoS classifier

1

UDP/TCP application type (port)

2

Device priority (destination or source IP address)

3

IP type of service (ToS) field (IP packets only)

4

VLAN priority

5

Incoming source-port on the switch

6

Incoming 802.1 priority (present in tagged VLAN environments)

For more on this topic, see the advanced traffic management guide.