Administrator Guide

Parameters
qos-policy-name Enter the name for the policy map in character format (32 characters maximum).
layer2 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword layer2 to specify a Layer 2 Class Map. The
default is Layer 3.
cpu-qos Enter the keyword cpu-qos to create a QoS input policy to be used to rate-limit
control-plane traffic (CoPP).
Defaults Layer 3
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURATION TERMINAL BATCH
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced the Configuration Terminal Batch mode on C9010.
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.2.1.0 Policy name character limit increased from 16 to 32.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.1.1.1 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
To specify the name of the input QoS policy, use this command. After the input policy is specified, rate-
police is defined. This command enables Qos-Policy-Input Configuration mode — (conf-qos-policy-in).
When changing a Service-Queue configuration in a QoS policy map, all QoS rules are deleted and re-
added automatically to ensure that the order of the rules is maintained. As a result, the Matched Packets
value shown in the show qos statistics command is reset.
If you create create a QoS input policy to be used for CoPP, you must enter the keyword cpu-qos.
Use this command in Configuration Terminal Batch mode to create the QoS input policy in a dual-homing
setup.
Related
Commands
rate police — incoming traffic policing function.
qos-policy-output
Create a QoS output policy.
C9000 Series
Syntax
qos-policy-output qos-policy-name
To remove an existing output QoS policy, use the no qos-policy-output qos-policy-name
command.
Parameters
qos-policy-name Enter your output QoS policy name in character format (32 characters maximum).
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