HP-UX IPQoS A.01.00 Administrator's Guide (October 2005)

Troubleshooting HP-UX IPQoS
Troubleshooting Tools
Chapter 6102
Troubleshooting Tools
The following sections describe the tools you can use to troubleshoot HP-UX IPQoS.
HP-UX IPQoS ipqosadmin Utility
Use the ipqosadmin utility to obtain information about HP-UX IPQoS. Output from
ipqosadmin is sent to stdout and errors are sent to stderr. Refer to ipqosadmin (1M) for
more detailed information on ipqosadmin.
Table 6-1 lists a few common tasks you can perform using ipqosadmin.
Use the information from ipqosadmin to examine the current operation of HP-UX IPQoS. For
example:
• Examine the current state of HP-UX IPQoS and determine if it matches your
expectations. Run the following command:
#ipqosadmin -state
The possible states are:
— DISABLED
— ENABLED but NOT FILTERING
— ENABLED and FILTERING
• Ensure your configuration file verified and loaded successfully.
Table 6-1 Getting Information with ipqosadmin
Task Command
Determine the state of HP-UX IPQoS. ipqosadmin -state
View the active configuration. ipqosadmin -showconfig
Obtain statistical information on active
configuration (including dropped packets).
ipqosadmin -showstats
Ensure verification or load succeeded. ipqosadmin -verify|-load -f
filename -verbose