Users Guide
qos-policy-buffer
Create a QoS policy buffer and enter the configuration mode to configure the no-drop queues, ingress buffer size, buffer limit for pausing, 
and buffer offset limit for resuming.
Syntax
qos-policy-buffer queue queue-num pause no-drop queue buffer-size size pause-
threshold threshold-value resume-offset threshold-value shared-threshold-weight 
size
Parameters
policy-name Name of the QoS policy buffer that is applied to an interface for this setting to be 
effective in conjunction with the DCB input policy. You can specify the shared buffer 
threshold limit, the ingress buffer size, buffer limit for pausing the acceptance of packets, 
and the buffer offset limit for resuming the acceptance of received packets. This method 
of configuration enables different peer-provided and administrative priorities to be set up 
because the intended queue is directly configured instead of determining the priority to 
queue mapping for local and remote parameters.
queue 0 to queue 7 Specify the queue number to which the QoS policy buffer parameters apply
pause Pause frames to be sent at the specified buffer limit levels and pause packet settings
no-drop The packets for this queue must not be dropped
value Enter a number in the range of 0 to 7 to denote the priority to be allocated to the 
dynamic buffer control mechanism
buffer-size Ingress buffer size
size  Size of the ingress buffer in KB. Enter a number in the range of 0 to 7787. The default is 
45 KB.
pause-threshold Buffer limit for pause frames to be sent
threshold-value  Buffer limit at which the port sends the pause to peer in KB. Enter a number in the range 
of 0 to 7787. The default is 10 KB.
resume-offset Buffer offset limit for resuming in KB
threshold-value  Buffer offset limit at which the port resumes the peer in KB. Enter a number in the range 
of 1 to 7787. The default is 10 KB.
shared-threshold-
weight
Buffer shared threshold weight
size  Weightage of the priorities on the shared buffer size in the system. Enter a number in the 
range of 0 to 9. The default shared threshold weight is 10.
Default The default size of the ingress buffer is 45 KB. The default buffer limit at which the port sends the pause to peer 
and recommences the sending of packets to the peer is 10 KB. The default threshold weight of the shared buffer 
space is 10.
Command Modes DCB-BUFFER-THRESHOLD mode
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking 
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON and Z9500.
Data Center Bridging (DCB) 489










