The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View2-56Managing the Hub5. Click on the Priority drop-down list box, and scroll to select the desiredpriority level — Normal (0)–7 — for forwarding packets received with thespecified MAC-layer information.6. Click the Apply button. The Current Priority Entries list box will be updatedwith the newly created entry.You can edit an existing address entry by changing the priority currentlyassociated with the entry. To do so:1. Highlight the desired entry in the Current Priority Entries list box, and click onthe Edit button. The Priority drop-down list box will be activated. (All otherparameters will remain grayed-out, since they cannot be edited once they areinitially configured).2. Click on the Priority drop-down list box, and scroll to select the new prioritylevel (Normal–7) for forwarding packets received with the specified MAC-layerinformation.3. Click the Apply button. The Current Priority Entries list box will be updatedwith 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 onthe Delete button. The entry fields will be cleared from the table.Configuring Priority Queuing Based on Packet TypeYou can use the Frame Priority Configuration window, Figure 2-22, to determinepacket queuing based solely upon its Type field data. Frame type entries aremaintained in the ctPriorityExtPktTypeTable. You can configure up to 15 frameType priority entries for the device.NOTEWhen creating priority entries, you can specify up to four Frame Types for the same MACAddress value.NOTERemember, since the SmartSwitch 2000 has two transmit queues, a priority of Normalwill cause packets to be forwarded through the lower priority queue, and any priority of 1through 7 will cause the packets to be forwarded through the higher priority queue.
