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6.13 QOS–QUALITYOFSERVICE
QualityofService(QoS)isanadvancedtrafficprioritizationfeaturethatallowsyoutoestablishcontrolovernetwork
traffic.QoSenablestheassigningofvariousgradesofnetworkservicetodifferenttypesoftrafficsuchasmulti‐media,
video,protocol‐specific,timecriticalandfile‐backuptraffic.QoSreducesbandwidthlimitations,delay,lossandjitter.It
alsoprovidesincreasedreliabilityfordeliveryofdataandallowsfortheprioritizationcertainapplicationsacrossyour
network.Defineexactlyhowyouwanttheswitchtotreatselectedapplicationsandtypesoftraffic.
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UseQoSonyoursystemtocontrolawidevarietyofnetworktrafficby:
• Classifyingtrafficbasedonpacketattributes.
• Assigningprioritiestotraffic(e.g.,tosethigherprioritiestotime‐criticalorbusiness‐criticalapplications).
• Applyingsecuritypolicythroughtrafficfiltering.
• ProvidingpredictablethroughputformultimediaapplicationssuchasvideoconferencingorVoiceoverIPby
minimizingdelayandjitter.
• Improvingperformanceforspecifictypesoftrafficandpreservingperformanceastheamountoftrafficgrows.
• Reducingtheneedtoconstantlyaddbandwidthtothenetwork.
• Managingnetworkcongestion.
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6.13.1 QoSRules
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Despitethename“Remark”or“QoSMulti‐Label,"thissectionactuallyallowsyoutocreateyourQualityofServicerules. 
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