Command Line Reference 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
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
9.2(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.
Related
Commands
rate police — incoming traffic policing function.
Quality of Service (QoS)
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