What is Port Priority?

Port Priority is a traffic management feature that controls the importance of data sent through specific ports on a network switch. It ensures that higher-priority traffic is processed first, reducing delays for critical applications. On Maple Systems network switches, Port Priority assigns priority levels to ports, helping to manage congestion and optimize network performance. This feature is useful for prioritizing time-sensitive data such as voice, video, or industrial control signals over less critical traffic.

Port Priority can be assigned per port, on a 0-7 scale system. With 0 being assigned as critical priority, and 7 being low priority.

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