Suggested configurations for AVoIP protocols on Omada Switches

Contents

Objective

Requirements

Introduction

Configuration

Overall Configuration

Configuration for AES67

Configuration for Dante

Configuration for Q-SYS

Conclusion

Objective

This article introduces how to configure through Omada Controller for configurations adapting several AVoIP protocols on Omada switches including AES67, Dante and Q-SYS, enhancing the experiment during network congestion.

Requirements

• Omada Smart, L2+ and L3 Switches
• Omada Controller (Software Controller / Hardware Controller / Cloud Based Controller, V5.9 and above)

Introduction

When using AVoIP protocols like AES67, Dante and Q-SYS, configuring QoS on network switches is essential to ensure that audio and video streams maintain high performance and reliability, even during network congestion. QoS prioritizes critical AVoIP traffic over less important data, preventing packet loss, jitter and latency issues that can degrade the quality of the AVoIP experience. By properly setting up QoS, you can guarantee that your AVoIP systems operate smoothly and deliver consistent, high-quality performance, even under heavy network loads.

Usually there will be a few switches connected to the AVoIP source, and then connects to some PCs and speakers. The configurations we recommend in this article will help improve the performance of these devices, preventing the lags of audio and video when network congestion happens.

Different AVoIP protocols have their own QoS setup, so we recommend setting the QoS on the switch according to the protocol you are using. On Omada controller, the QoS settings needs to be set through CLI template, not on GUI. Next we will introduce the detailed configuration.

Configuration

Overall Configuration

When creating the VLAN for these AVoIP protocols, please enable IGMP snooping for it, go to Settings > Wired Networks > LAN, click Create New LAN to create a new VLAN for the use of AV protocols.

When creating this VLAN, please click the Enable box to enable IGMP Snooping and MLD Snooping.

After that, we need to configure drop unknown groups and fast leave for IGMP snooping as well as the QoS settings, which needs using CLI template to send commands to the switch. For how to use CLI template in Omada controller, please refer to the FAQ: CLI Configuration Guide for Omada SDN Controller (v5.9.9 and above). Next, we will briefly introduce what the commands need to do and list the example commands.

Configuration for AES67

AES67 uses DSCP priority 34, 46 and 56, and they needed to be mapped to 4, 5 and 6 802.1p priority respectively, and for the TC-5 queue, its scheduler mode should be SP.

For TL-SX3206HPP, SX3206HPP, TL-SX3008F, SX3008F, TL-SG3210XHP-M2, TL-SX3016F, SX3016F, TL-SG2428P V3, TL-SG3428, SG3428, TL-SG3428MP, SG3428MP, TL-SG3428X, SG3428X, TL-SG3428X-UPS, TL-SG3428XF, SG3428XF, TL-SG3428XMP, SG3428XMP, SG3428XMPP, SG6428X, SG6428XHP, SX6632YF, TL-SG3452X, SG3452X, TL-SG3452XP, SG3452XP, SG3452XMPP, SG6654X, SG6654XHP, the commands are:

qos dscp-map 34 4

qos dscp-map 46 5

qos dscp-map 56 6

qos queue 5 mode sp

ip igmp snooping drop-unknown

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/1-5 (choose the uplink and downlink ports)

qos trust mode dscp

#

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/2-5 (choose the ports connected directly to clients)

ip igmp snooping immediate-leave

For SG2005P-PD, TL-SG2008, SG2008, TL-SG2008P, SG2008P, TL-SG2210P, SG2210P, TL-SG2210MP, SG2210MP, SG2210XMP-M2, TL-SG3210, SG3210, SG3210X-M2, SG3210XHP-M2, TL-SG2016P, SG2016P, TL-SG2218, SG-2218, TL-SG2218P, SG2218P, SG3218XP-M2, TL-SL2428P, SL2428P, TL-SG2428P V1/V2/V4/V5, SG2428P, TL-SG3428X-M2, SG3428X-M2, TL-SG3428XPP-M2, SG3428XPP-M2, SG2452LP, TL-SG3452, SG3452, TL-SG3452P, SG3452P, the commands are:

qos dscp-map 34 4

qos dscp-map 46 5

qos dscp-map 56 6

ip igmp snooping drop-unknown

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/1-5 (choose the uplink and downlink ports)

qos trust mode dscp

qos queue 5 mode sp

#

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/2-5 (choose the ports connected directly to clients)

ip igmp snooping immediate-leave

Configuration for Dante

Dante uses DSCP priority 8, 46, 48 and 56, and they needed to be mapped to 2, 5, 5 and 6 802.1p priority respectively, and for the TC-5 and TC-6 queue, their scheduler mode should be SP.

For TL-SX3206HPP, SX3206HPP, TL-SX3008F, SX3008F, TL-SG3210XHP-M2, TL-SX3016F, SX3016F, TL-SG2428P V3, TL-SG3428, SG3428, TL-SG3428MP, SG3428MP, TL-SG3428X, SG3428X, TL-SG3428X-UPS, TL-SG3428XF, SG3428XF, TL-SG3428XMP, SG3428XMP, SG3428XMPP, SG6428X, SG6428XHP, SX6632YF, TL-SG3452X, SG3452X, TL-SG3452XP, SG3452XP, SG3452XMPP, SG6654X, SG6654XHP, the commands are:

qos dscp-map 8 2

qos dscp-map 46 5

qos dscp-map 48 5

qos dscp-map 56 6

qos queue 5 mode sp

qos queue 6 mode sp

ip igmp snooping drop-unknown

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/1-5 (choose the uplink and downlink ports)

qos trust mode dscp

#

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/2-5 (choose the ports connected directly to clients)

ip igmp snooping immediate-leave

For SG2005P-PD, TL-SG2008, SG2008, TL-SG2008P, SG2008P, TL-SG2210P, SG2210P, TL-SG2210MP, SG2210MP, SG2210XMP-M2, TL-SG3210, SG3210, SG3210X-M2, SG3210XHP-M2, TL-SG2016P, SG2016P, TL-SG2218, SG-2218, TL-SG2218P, SG2218P, SG3218XP-M2, TL-SL2428P, SL2428P, TL-SG2428P V1/V2/V4/V5, SG2428P, TL-SG3428X-M2, SG3428X-M2, TL-SG3428XPP-M2, SG3428XPP-M2, SG2452LP, TL-SG3452, SG3452, TL-SG3452P, SG3452P, the commands are:

qos dscp-map 8 2

qos dscp-map 46 5

qos dscp-map 48 5

qos dscp-map 56 6

ip igmp snooping drop-unknown

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/1-5 (choose the uplink and downlink ports)

qos trust mode dscp

qos queue 5 mode sp

qos queue 6 mode sp

#

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/2-5 (choose the ports connected directly to clients)

ip igmp snooping immediate-leave

Configuration for Q-SYS

Dante uses DSCP priority 26, 34 and 46, and they needed to be mapped to 3, 4 and 5 802.1p priority respectively, and for the TC-4 and TC-5 queue, their scheduler mode should be SP.

For TL-SX3206HPP, SX3206HPP, TL-SX3008F, SX3008F, TL-SG3210XHP-M2, TL-SX3016F, SX3016F, TL-SG2428P V3, TL-SG3428, SG3428, TL-SG3428MP, SG3428MP, TL-SG3428X, SG3428X, TL-SG3428X-UPS, TL-SG3428XF, SG3428XF, TL-SG3428XMP, SG3428XMP, SG3428XMPP, SG6428X, SG6428XHP, SX6632YF, TL-SG3452X, SG3452X, TL-SG3452XP, SG3452XP, SG3452XMPP, SG6654X, SG6654XHP, the commands are:

qos dscp-map 26 3

qos dscp-map 34 4

qos dscp-map 46 5

qos queue 4 mode sp

qos queue 5 mode sp

ip igmp snooping drop-unknown

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/1-5 (choose the uplink and downlink ports)

qos trust mode dscp

#

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/2-5 (choose the ports connected directly to clients)

ip igmp snooping immediate-leave

For SG2005P-PD, TL-SG2008, SG2008, TL-SG2008P, SG2008P, TL-SG2210P, SG2210P, TL-SG2210MP, SG2210MP, SG2210XMP-M2, TL-SG3210, SG3210, SG3210X-M2, SG3210XHP-M2, TL-SG2016P, SG2016P, TL-SG2218, SG-2218, TL-SG2218P, SG2218P, SG3218XP-M2, TL-SL2428P, SL2428P, TL-SG2428P V1/V2/V4/V5, SG2428P, TL-SG3428X-M2, SG3428X-M2, TL-SG3428XPP-M2, SG3428XPP-M2, SG2452LP, TL-SG3452, SG3452, TL-SG3452P, SG3452P, the commands are:

qos dscp-map 26 3

qos dscp-map 34 4

qos dscp-map 46 5

ip igmp snooping drop-unknown

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/1-5 (choose the uplink and downlink ports)

qos trust mode dscp

qos queue 4 mode sp

qos queue 5 mode sp

#

interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/2-5 (choose the ports connected directly to clients)

ip igmp snooping immediate-leave

Conclusion

Till here, we have briefly introduced some configuration on IGMP snooping and QoS for Omada switches, which will help improve the performance working with these AVoIP protocols while network congestion happens.

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