Getting Started with HP-UX IPQoS

HP-UX IPQoS Deployment Overview

HP-UX IPQoS Deployment Overview

The following procedure provides a high-level summary of the deployment process for HP-UX IPQoS.

Step

1.

Acquire and install HP-UX IPQoS. See Chapter 2, “Installing HP-UX IPQoS,” on

 

 

page 33 for more information.

Step

2.

Create an HP-UX IPQoS configuration file. Configuration files are where specific

 

 

IPQoS behaviors are defined for an HP-UX system. Configuration files contain the

 

 

filters, policies and adapter assignments HP-UX IPQoS uses. See Chapter 4,

 

 

“HP-UX IPQoS Configuration Files,” on page 55 for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE

The above step describes how to implement the HP-UX IPQoS

 

 

 

strategies your organization has determined are important, not on

 

 

 

determining what these should be. It is beyond the scope of this guide

 

 

 

to recommend specific HP-UX IPQoS policies for your organization.

 

 

 

Step

3.

Verify and load your HP-UX IPQoS configuration file, using the HP-UX IPQoS

 

 

utility ipqosadmin. See Chapter 5, “Administering HP-UX IPQoS,” on page 79 for

 

 

more information. You must have superuser (root) access to run ipqosadmin.

Step

4.

Monitor the statistics of the your active HP-UX IPQoS configuration using

 

 

ipqosadmin -showstats. See “Showing Statistics” on page 94 in Chapter 5,

 

 

“Administering HP-UX IPQoS,” for more information.

Step

5.

Repeat steps 2 - 4 as needed.

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