Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 5.x

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Preface

This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 5.x. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Audience

This guide is for experienced network administrators who configure and maintain Cisco NX-OS devices.

Organization

This publication is organized as follows:

Chapter	Description
New and Changed Information	Describes the new and changed information for each Cisco NX-OS software release.
Chapter 1, “Overview”	Provides an overview of quality of service (QoS) features.
Chapter 3, “Using Modular QoS CLI”	Describes how to use Modular QoS CLI (MQC) to define QoS policies.
Chapter 2, “Configuring Classification”	Describes how to configure the classification feature.
Chapter 4, “Configuring Marking”	Describes how to configure the marking feature.
Chapter 5, “Configuring Mutation Mapping”	Describes how to configure the mutation feature.
Chapter 6, “Configuring Policing”	Describes how to configure the policing feature.
Chapter 7, “Configuring Queuing and Scheduling”	Describes how to configure the queuing and scheduling feature.
Chapter 8, “Configuring Network QoS”	Describes how to configure a network qos policy.
Chapter 9, “Configuring Queuing and Scheduling on F1 Series Modules”	Describes how to how to configure the queuing and scheduling feature on the F1 modules.
Chapter 10, “Configuring Priority Flow Control”	Describes how to configure priority flow control.
Chapter 11, “Monitoring QoS Statistics”	Describes how to view QoS statistics.
Appendix A, “Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Features, Release 5.1(1)”	Lists information related to numerical limitations in implementing QoS.
Appendix B, “Additional References”	Lists related documents and RFCs, and how to get support and help from Cisco.

Document Conventions

This publication uses the following conventions:

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.

Caution

Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

Command descriptions use these conventions:

boldface font	Commands and keywords are in boldface.
italic font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
{ }	Elements in braces are required choices.
[ ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
x \| y \| x	Alternative, mutually exclusive elements are separated by vertical bars.

Screen examples use these conventions:

screen font	Terminal sessions and information that the switch displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information that you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
< >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or number sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

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