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Assigning Class of Service
The CoS template entry also contains the attribute generated by the CoS (as
specified in the
for that attribute.
For example, a CoS template entry that provides a value for the
attribute follows:
dn:cn=exampleUS,cn=data,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: LDAPsubentry
objectclass: extensibleobject
objectclass: cosTemplate
postalCode: 44438
It is possible to create CoS templates that compete with each other to provide an
attribute value. For example, you might have a multi-valued
your CoS definition entry. In such a case, you can specify a template priority on
each template entry to determine which template provides the attribute value. Set
the template priority using the
global priority of a particular template. A priority of zero is the highest priority.
Templates that contain no
priority. In the case where two or more templates are considered to supply an
attribute value and they have the same (or no) priority, a value is chosen
arbitrarily.
For example, a CoS template entry for generating a department number appears as
follows:
dn: cn=data,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: LDAPsubentry
objectclass: extensibleobject
objectclass: cosTemplate
departmentNumber: 71776
cosPriority: 0
This template entry contains the value for the
priority of zero, meaning this template takes precedence over any other conflicting
templates that define a different
The following sections provide examples of template entries along with examples
of each type of CoS definition entry.

Example of a Pointer CoS

You want to create a pointer CoS that shares a common postal code with all entries
in the
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cosAttribute
cosPriority
dc=example,dc=com
attribute of the CoS definition entry) and the value
attribute. This attribute represents the
cosPriority
attribute are considered the lowest
departmentNumber
departmentNumber
tree.
postalCode
cosSpecifier
attribute. It has a
value.
in