Scheduling

Scheduling is the process that determines which traffic is forwarded when multiple QoS components are competing for egress bandwidth. The ExtremeXOS software supports the following scheduling methods:

Scheduling takes place on the egress interface and includes consideration for the color-marking of egress frames and packets. Green-marked traffic has the highest priority and is forwarded based on the scheduling method. When multiple queues are competing for bandwidth, yellow-marked traffic might be dropped or remarked red. Red-marked traffic is dropped when no bandwidth is available. If yellow-marked traffic is forwarded to the egress port rate-shaping component, it can be dropped there if the egress port is congested.