Overview of frame forwarding

blocks are and what they basically are doing. For each block, there will be a functional description of how and with which commands it can be configured.

1. Ingress path

The ingress forwarding path is described in the following as a sequence of blocks a frame will pass through.

ingress path

2. Queue system

The queue system contains eight egress queues per port - one per priority. The selection of the priority queue is done based on the 'Queue ID' that is classified in the ingress path.

3. Egress path

The egress forwarding path is described in the following as a sequence of blocks a frame will pass through.

egress path