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

Using the HP-UX IPQoS API
Policy Objects
Chapter 232
Policy Objects
Policy objects define actions to perform on classes of traffic attached to the policy. A policy
must have one or more unique filters attached to it. It is these filters which determine which
classes of traffic the policy will govern. A policy is effectively ignored if it is not attached to
any adapter.
Policy-related functions in the HP-UX IPQoS API allow programmers to create policies,
assign (“set”) and access (“get”) values of their attributes, associate them with adapters, and
traverse their filters’ lists.
Table 2-2 lists the attributes associated with policy objects.
Table 2-2 Attributes Associated with Policy Objects
Object Type Attributes
Policy unique name
reservation bandwidth
maximum bandwidth
DSCP
VLAN priority
status