QoS Queue Group Template Command Reference
450 Quality of Service Guide
Parameters add bytes — The add keyword is mutually exclusive to the subtract keyword. Either add or 
subtract must be specified. When add is defined the corresponding bytes parameter specifies 
the number of bytes that is added to the size each packet associated with the queue for 
scheduling, profiling and accounting purposes. From the queue’s perspective, the packet size 
is increased by the amount being added to the size of each packet.
Values 0 to 30, in steps of 2
Default None
subtract bytes — The subtract keyword is mutually exclusive to the add keyword. Either add or 
subtract must be specified. When subtract is defined the corresponding bytes parameter 
specifies the number of bytes that is subtracted from the size of each packet associated with 
the queue for scheduling, profiling and accounting purposes. From the queue’s perspective, 
the packet size is reduced by the amount being subtracted from the size of each packet. The 
minimum resulting packet size used by the system is 1 byte.
Values Values 0 to 64, in steps of 2
Default None
parent
Syntax parent scheduler-name [weight weight] [level level] [cir-weight cir-weight] [cir-level cir-
level]
no parent
Context config>qos>qgrps>egr>qgrp>queue
config>qos>qgrpid>ing>qgrp>queue
Description This command defines an optional parent scheduler that further governs the available bandwidth given 
the queue aside from the queue’s PIR setting. When multiple schedulers and/or queues share a child 
status with the parent scheduler, the weight or level parameters define how this queue contends with 
the other children for the parent’s bandwidth.
Checks are not performed to see if a scheduler-name exists when the parent command is defined on 
the queue. Scheduler names are configured in the config>qos>scheduler-policy>tier level context. 
Multiple schedulers can exist with the scheduler-name and the association pertains to a scheduler that 
should exist on the egress SAP as the policy is applied and the queue created. When the queue is 
created on the egress SAP, the existence of the scheduler-name is dependent on a scheduler policy 
containing the scheduler-name being directly or indirectly applied (through a multi-service customer 
site) to the egress SAP. If the scheduler-name does not exist, the queue is placed in the orphaned 
operational state. The queue will accept packets but will not be bandwidth limited by a virtual 
scheduler or the scheduler hierarchy applied to the SAP. The orphaned state must generate a log entry 
and a trap message. The SAP which the queue belongs to must also depict an orphan queue status. The 
orphaned state of the queue is automatically cleared when the scheduler-name becomes available on 
the egress SAP.