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

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