Administering HP-UX IPQoS

ipqosadmin Overview

ipqosadmin Overview

HP-UX IPQoS has one command-line administration utility, ipqosadmin. It provides options for all the administrative tasks you need to perform on HP-UX IPQoS.

ipqosadmin Options and Administrative Actions

The options and associated actions ipqosadmin performs are as follows:

Options:

Actions:

-state

Shows the current state of HP-UX IPQoS. (This is the default if no option is

 

specified.)

-verify

Verifies a configuration file. (Only verifies, no kernel changes.)

-load

(Verifies and if successful) Loads a configuration into the kernel, which

 

replaces any previous configuration.

-unload

Unloads current configuration from the kernel.

-showconfig

Shows the active configuration.

-showstats

Shows statistics on the active configuration.

-loglevel

Sets/shows current logging level for HP-UX IPQoS kernel messages.

ipqosadmin Usage Rules

The following rules apply when using ipqosadmin:

•User messages are sent to stdout and errors are sent to stderr.

•Separate arguments with white spaces (blanks, tabs, or new lines).

•Use a backslash (\) line continuation character to continue command input on multiple lines.

•The ipqosadmin actions cannot be combined. Specify at most, one of the following, as the first option immediately after ipqosadmin: -state, -verify, -load, -unload,

-showconfig, -showstatsor -loglevel. If no option is specified, the default is equivalent to specifying -state.

•You can run ipqosadmin from the command line.

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