Creating a Slope QoS Policy

Configuring and applying QoS policies is optional. If no QoS policy is explicitly defined, a default QoS policy is applied.

To create a new slope policy, you must define the following:

Use the following CLI syntax to configure a slope policy:

CLI Syntax:
config>qos#
    slope-policy name
        description description-string
            high-slope
                max-avg percent
                max-prob percent
                start-avg percent
                no shutdown
            low-slope
                max-avg percent
                max-prob percent
                start-avg percent
                no shutdown
Example:
*A:ALU-1#
configure qos slope-policy "SlopePolicy1" create
config>qos>slope-policy$ description "Test1"
config>qos>slope-policy$ high-slope
config>qos>slope-policy>high-slope$ max-avg 90
config>qos>slope-policy>high-slope$ max-prob 60
config>qos>slope-policy>high-slope$ start-avg 90
config>qos>slope-policy>high-slope$ shutdown
config>qos>slope-policy>high-slope$ exit
config>qos>slope-policy$ low-slope
config>qos>slope-policy>low-slope$ max-avg 75
config>qos>slope-policy>low-slope$ max-prob 40
config>qos>slope-policy>low-slope$ start-avg 75
config>qos>slope-policy>low-slope$ exit
config>qos>slope-policy$ exit
*A:ALU-1#

The following output shows the configuration for SlopePolicy1:

*A:ALU-1>config>qos# info
#--------------------------------------------------
echo "QoS Policy Configuration"
#--------------------------------------------------
        slope-policy "SlopePolicy1" create
            description "Test1"
            high-slope
                shutdown
                start-avg 90
                max-prob 60
            exit
            low-slope
                shutdown
                start-avg 75
                max-prob 40
            exit
        exit
#--------------------------------------------------