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Creating FortiSwitch QoS Policies

Creating FortiSwitch QoS Policies

To create a FortiSwitch QoS policy:
  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS Policy pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS Policy window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the new security policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the Qos policy.

    Default COS Queue

    Set the Default COS Queue (1 - 7, default = 0).

    Queue policy

    Select the Queue policy from the drop-down. See QoS Egress Queue Policy.

    Trust 802.1p map

    Select the Trust 802.1p map from the drop-down. See QoS IP precedence/DSCP .

    Trust IP DSCP map

    Select the Trust IP DSCP map from the drop-down. See QoS 802.1p.

QoS Egress Queue Policy
To create a FortiSwitch QoS Egress Queue policy:
  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS Policy pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS Egress Queue Policy window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the QoS Egress Queue Policy.

    Schedule

    Select the schedule as round-robin, strict, or weighted. For information, see the FortiOS CLI Reference: https://help.fortinet.com/cli/fos60hlp/60/index.htm.

QoS IP precedence/DSCP
To create a QoS IP precedence/DSCP:

  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS IP precedence/DSCP pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS IP precedence/DSCP window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the QoS IP precedence/DSCP.

    Description

    Specify a description.

    Maps between IP-DSCP value to COS queue

    Click Create New. Select or specify values for Name, Differentiated service, IP Precedence, COS queue number, and Raw values of DSCP. For information, see the FortiOS CLI Reference: https://help.fortinet.com/cli/fos60hlp/60/index.htm.

QoS 802.1p
To Create a New QoS 802.1p
  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS 802.1p pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS 802.1p window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the QoS 802.1p.

    Description

    Specify a description.

    COS queue mapped to dot1p priority number

    Select the values for Priority-0 to Priority-7 and click OK. For information, see the FortiOS CLI Reference: https://help.fortinet.com/cli/fos60hlp/60/index.htm.

Creating FortiSwitch QoS Policies

To create a FortiSwitch QoS policy:
  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS Policy pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS Policy window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the new security policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the Qos policy.

    Default COS Queue

    Set the Default COS Queue (1 - 7, default = 0).

    Queue policy

    Select the Queue policy from the drop-down. See QoS Egress Queue Policy.

    Trust 802.1p map

    Select the Trust 802.1p map from the drop-down. See QoS IP precedence/DSCP .

    Trust IP DSCP map

    Select the Trust IP DSCP map from the drop-down. See QoS 802.1p.

QoS Egress Queue Policy
To create a FortiSwitch QoS Egress Queue policy:
  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS Policy pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS Egress Queue Policy window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the QoS Egress Queue Policy.

    Schedule

    Select the schedule as round-robin, strict, or weighted. For information, see the FortiOS CLI Reference: https://help.fortinet.com/cli/fos60hlp/60/index.htm.

QoS IP precedence/DSCP
To create a QoS IP precedence/DSCP:

  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS IP precedence/DSCP pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS IP precedence/DSCP window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the QoS IP precedence/DSCP.

    Description

    Specify a description.

    Maps between IP-DSCP value to COS queue

    Click Create New. Select or specify values for Name, Differentiated service, IP Precedence, COS queue number, and Raw values of DSCP. For information, see the FortiOS CLI Reference: https://help.fortinet.com/cli/fos60hlp/60/index.htm.

QoS 802.1p
To Create a New QoS 802.1p
  1. On the FortiSwitch QoS > QoS 802.1p pane, click Create New in the toolbar. The Create New QoS 802.1p window opens.

  2. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy.

    Name

    Type a name for the QoS 802.1p.

    Description

    Specify a description.

    COS queue mapped to dot1p priority number

    Select the values for Priority-0 to Priority-7 and click OK. For information, see the FortiOS CLI Reference: https://help.fortinet.com/cli/fos60hlp/60/index.htm.