This wizard gives traffic that originates from specified video servers a higher priority than the priority of data traffic. The wizard assumes that the video servers are connected to a single device in the cluster. The device must be a Catalyst 3550 switch or a Catalyst 2950 switch that runs the enhanced software image.

To use this wizard, you need to know the IP addresses of the video servers and the device interfaces to which they are connected.

From the Host Name list, select the device to which one or more video servers is connected.

In the Video Server IP Address field, enter the IP address of a video server that is connected to the device. Then click Add to add the address to a list of video servers. Repeat this action for other video servers.

To remove an IP address from the list, select it and click Remove.

Specify the interfaces that video servers are connected to. To do this:

  1. Click in the Interface column beside an IP address for a video server. A list of interfaces drops down.
  2. Select the interface that is connected to the video server.
  3. Repeat these steps for other video servers that have not been matched to their interface connections.

If you want to specify a maximum transmission rate or maximum burst size on any of the connected interfaces, click Advanced Options.

If you want to change the maximum transmission rate that you permit on an interface, click in the Max Rate column beside the interface and enter a new transmission rate. You can enter a value between 8 and 2000000, inclusive on the Catalyst 3550 switches. On the Catalyst 2950 switches, you can enter a value from 1000 to 100000 on FastEthernet interfaces and from 1000 to 1000000 on GigabitEthernet interfaces, both in multiples of 1000.

If you want to change the maximum burst size that you permit on an interface, click in the Max Burst column beside the interface and enter a new burst size. You can enter a value between 8 and 512000, inclusive on the Catalyst 3550 switches. On the Catalyst 2950 switches, the MAX Burst column has a drop-down menu of choices. Note: FastEthernet interfaces on Catalyst 2950 switches support values up to 64 only.

If your PC is connected (a) directly to the command switch or (b) to a device outside the cluster that is connected to the command switch, click Yes; otherwise, click No.

A connection to the command switch enables the wizard to configure uplinks for video. Without this connection, you have to manually configure the uplinks to be 802.1Q trunks in a subsequent step.

Because your PC is not connected to the cluster, you must manually configure the cluster uplinks as 802.1Q trunks. At the right you see a list of the uplinks to configure that way. For each one, go to the VLAN window and follow these steps: