
Using DLSw Prioritization
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DLSw Priority Queues
This section describes how DLSw protocol prioritization works, and defines
DLSw terms.
Although similar to the existing circuit-level protocol prioritization, DLSw
prioritization is not limited to synchronous interfaces and does not operate at the
driver level. DLSw prioritization occurs before TCP sequences packets, where the
data link control (LLC2 or SDLC) and TCP function.
The router sorts packets into priority queues as described later in “The Enqueuing
Process.” The router then drains (dequeues) the priority queues to transmit packets
according to a weighted allocation algorithm, described later in “The Dequeuing
Process.”
Based on the needs of your site, you can configure up to ten queues for each
DLSw peer. You can create queues for traffic with specific MAC or SAP address
ranges or, for SNA traffic, based on criteria in the SNA transmission header (FID2
and FID4). You determine whether a queue applies to all DLSw peers or to one or
more specific configured peers.
Default and Peer-Specific DLSw Queues
To set the way the router handles priority queues for all DLSw traffic (including
unconfigured peers), you use the default DLSw queue configuration. To
customize the handling of queued traffic for a particular configured peer, you
configure peer-specific priority queues that apply to that peer’s IP address only.
The default priority queue configuration applies to all configured DLSw peers
except those individual peers for which you configure a custom priority queue.
Peer-specific queues take precedence over the default queue.
The Enqueuing Process
The router enqueues packets that match a DLSw priority filter as follows:
1. Applies filter rules
2. Stamps packets with a queue number
3. Places packets in appropriate queues
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