Configuring Network Qos; Finding Feature Information; Information About Network Qos - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring Network QoS

This chapter describes how to configure a network qos policy for the Cisco NX-OS device in the Data Center
Bridging (DCB) network.
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This chapter applies to the F-Series I/O modules only.
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Finding Feature Information

Your software release might not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest caveats
and feature information, see the Bug Search Tool at
for your software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list
of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the "New and Changed Information"chapter or the
Feature History table in this chapter.

Information About Network QoS

A Data Center Bridging (DCB) network, which is also referred to as a DCB cloud, is a network that provides
I/O consolidation. This network consists of switches that support class of service (CoS)-based traffic
differentiation. The DCB network carries different types of traffic such as storage area network (SAN), local
area network (LAN), and inter-process communication (IPC) traffic. The SAN traffic is sensitive to packet
drops and relies on in-order delivery, which means that the traffic is delivered (frames and packets) in the
Finding Feature Information, on page 135
Information About Network QoS, on page 135
Licensing Requirements, on page 141
Prerequisites for Network QoS, on page 141
Guidelines and Limitations, on page 142
Configuring Network QoS Policies, on page 143
Configure a User-Defined Network, on page 144
Applying a Network QoS Policy on a Target, on page 145
Verifying the Network QoS, on page 145
Configuration Examples for Network QoS, on page 146
Feature History for Network QoS, on page 146
C H A P T E R
https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/
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and the release notes
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