Queuing

Sometimes referred to as congestion management, queuing mechanisms identify how traffic from multiple streams is sent out of an interface that is currently experiencing congestion. This section examines various approaches to queuing and emphasizes the queuing approaches configured via MQC.

Queuing Basics

When a device, such as a switch or a router, is receiving traffic faster than it can be transmitted, the device attempts to buffer the extra traffic until bandwidth is available. This buffering process is called queuing. You can use queuing mechanisms to influence in what order various traffic types are emptied from the queue.

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