Ethernet QoS Policy

An Ethernet QoS Policy assigns a system class to outgoing vNIC traffic and optionally limits bandwidth. It ensures predictable traffic prioritization across the Fabric Interconnect by mapping vNIC traffic to a configured system QoS class. The policy is applied per vNIC via a LAN Connectivity Policy.

Location in Intersight GUI: Policies » Ethernet QoS

Diagram

Classes

compute

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
intersight	Class	intersight	No

intersight (compute)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
organizations	List	organizations	No

organizations (compute.intersight)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
policies	Class	policies	No

policies (compute.intersight.organizations)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
ethernet_qos	List	ethernet_qos	No

ethernet_qos (compute.intersight.organizations.policies)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
description	String		No
managed	Boolean	true, false	No	true
tags	List	tags	No
burst	Integer	min: 1, max: 1000000	No	10240
cos	Integer	min: 0, max: 6	No	0
mtu	Integer	min: 1500, max: 9000	No	1500
priority	Choice	Best Effort, FC, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze	No	Best Effort
rate_limit	Integer	min: 0, max: 100000	No	0
trust_host_cos	Boolean	true, false	No	false

tags (compute.intersight.organizations.policies.ethernet_qos)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
key	String		Yes
value	String		Yes

Examples

Example-1: The example below demonstrates a basic best-effort QoS policy with standard MTU, suitable for general-purpose workloads.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          ethernet_qos:
            - name: best-effort
              description: Default best-effort QoS
              priority: Best Effort
              mtu: 1500
              tags:
                - key: env
                  value: prod

Example-2: The example below demonstrates a high-priority policy with jumbo frames and a bandwidth limit, suitable for storage or latency-sensitive traffic.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          ethernet_qos:
            - name: platinum-jumbo
              description: High-priority jumbo frame policy
              priority: Platinum
              mtu: 9000
              burst: 102400
              rate_limit: 10000
              trust_host_cos: false