Choose Policies→QoS→SROS QoS→Queue Group→Egress Template from the NFM-P main menu. The Egress Queue Group Template Policies form opens.

Click Create or choose an existing egress queue group template policy and click Properties. The Egress Queue Group Template (Create | Edit) form opens.

Configure the required parameters.

Enable the Queues HQoS Manageable parameter if you intend to allow Hierarchical QoS management of the queues in this template.

To configure HSMDA queues, go to Step 6. To associate an HS Attachment Policy, go to Step Step 9. Otherwise, go to Step 14.

Configure the Packet Offset (bytes) and Low Burst Max Class parameters.

Click Select in the WRR Policy panel to associate a WRR Policy. The Select WRR Policy form opens.

Select the required WRR Policy and click OK.

Click Select in the HS panel to associate an alternate HS Attachment Policy other than the default policy. The Select HS Attachment Policy – Egress Queue Group Template Policy form opens

Select the required HS Attachment Policy and click OK.

Click on the HSMDA Queues tab.

Edit the HSMDA queues as required:

1. Select a queue from the list and click Properties.

2. Configure the required parameters.

3. Click Select and choose the required Slope Policy, then click OK.

4. Click on the PIR/Burst Size tab.

5. Configure the required parameters.

   The sliders can be configured when the checkboxes above them are disabled.

6. Click OK. The selected HSMDA queue is revised with your configuration changes.

Repeat Step 6 to Step 12 for any other required HSMDA queues.

Click on the Queues tab.

Click Create or choose an existing queue and click Properties. The Egress Queue (Create | Edit) form opens.

Configure the required parameters.

The Level, Weight, CIR Level, and CIR Weight parameters are configurable only if the Port Parent parameter is set to True.

Configure the Named Buffer Pool parameter:

1. Click on Select adjacent to the Named Buffer Pool parameter. The Named Buffer Pool form opens.

   Note:

   To configure the Named Buffer Pool parameter, you must first create a Named Buffer Pool policy. See To configure a named buffer pool policy .

2. Select the required policy and click OK.

Configure the Scheduler parameter:

1. Click on Select adjacent to the Scheduler parameter. The Schedulers form opens.

   Note:

   The Scheduler parameter is configurable only if you set the Port Parent parameter to False.

2. Select the required scheduler and click OK.

3. Configure the required parameters in the Scheduler Association panel.

Configure the Advanced Configuration Policy Displayed Name parameter:

1. Click Select in the Advanced Configuration Policy panel. The Select Advanced Configuration Policy search form opens.

2. Select the required policy and click OK.

Configure the WRED Queue parameters:

1. Select the Use WRED Queue parameter.

2. Click Select adjacent to the Displayed Name parameter. The Select WRED Queue Slope Policy form opens.

   Note:

   To configure a WRED Queue Slope policy, you must first create the policy. See To configure a WRED slope policy.

3. Specify a filter to search for existing policy.

4. Select the required WRED Slope policy and click OK.

Configure the parameters in the Latency panel.

Enabling the Dynamic MBS parameter permits the dynamic modification of the MBS size of a queue in order to maintain the maximum latency for traffic in the queue, based on the queue’s admin PIR and configured MBS. The Queue Delay parameter allows you to configure the target queue delay for packets forwarded through the queue. It is used to determine the related queue parameters based on the PIR of the queue. If the No checkbox is selected, the determination of the queue parameters based on the queue delay is disabled.

Configure the CIR/PIR parameters:

1. Click on the CIR/PIR tab.

2. Configure the required parameters.

   The choice of CIP and PIR parameter definitions depends on the Rate Type parameter setting on the General tab.

Configure the Burst Size parameters:

1. Click on the Burst Size tab.

2. Configure the required parameters.

   The parameters are configurable when the Default check box above each is deselected.

Configure the HSQ parameters if required. You can only configure HSQ on default queue entries 1 to 8.

1. Click on the HSQ tab.

2. Configure the required parameters.

3. Click Select adjacent to the HS WRED Slope Policy parameter. The Select HS WRED slope Policy form opens.

   Note:To configure the HS WRED Slope Policy parameter, you must first create a HS WRED Slope policy. See To configure a WRED slope policy.

4. Select the required policy and click OK.

5. Click OK. The Egress Queue form closes.

Click on the Forwarding Classes tab.

Click Create or choose an existing forwarding class and click Properties. The Forwarding Class (Create | Edit) form opens.

Configure the required parameters.

Click OK.

Click on the Policers tab.

Click Create or choose an existing policer and click Properties. The Egress Policer (Create | Edit) form opens.

Configure the required parameters.

Configure the Advanced Configuration Policy Displayed Name parameter:

1. Click Select in the Advanced Configuration Policy panel. The Select Advanced Configuration Policy search form opens.

2. Select the required policy and click OK.

Configure the CIR/PIR parameters:

1. Click on the CIR/PIR tab.

2. Configure the required parameters.

Configure the Burst Size parameters:

1. Click on the Burst Size tab.

2. Configure the required parameters.

   The parameters are configurable when the Default check box above each is deselected.

3. Click OK. The Egress Policer (Create | Edit) form closes.

Configure the HSQ parameters if required to configure HS WRR Groups.

1. Click on the HS WRR Groups tab.

2. Choose an existing HS WRR group and click Properties. The HS WRR Group form opens.

   Note: You can only modify the existing WRR Group parameters; you cannot create new WRR Groups.

3. As required, modify the parameters.

4. Save your changes and close the form.

Click OK to save the policy and close the form, or click Apply to save the policy. See To release and distribute a policy to distribute the policy to NEs.

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