QoS Commands 399
Syntax
match class-map 
refclassname
no match class-map 
refclassname
•
refclassname
 — The name of an existing DiffServ class whose match conditions are being 
referenced by the specified class definition. 
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Class-Map Configuration mode
User Guidelines
• The parameters 
refclassname
 and 
class-map-name
 can not be the same.
• Only one other class may be referenced by a class.
• Any attempts to delete the 
refclassname
 class while the class is still referenced by any 
class-
map-name
 fails. 
• The combined match criteria of 
class-map-name
 and 
refclassname
 must be an allowed 
combination based on the class type. 
• Any subsequent changes to the 
refclassname
 class match criteria must maintain this validity, 
or the change attempt fails.
• The total number of class rules formed by the complete reference class chain (including both 
predecessor and successor classes) must not exceed a platform-specific maximum. In some 
cases, each removal of a refclass rule reduces the maximum number of available rules in the 
class definition by one.
Example
The following example adds match conditions defined for the Dell class to the class currently 
being configured.
console(config-classmap)#match class-map Dell
The following example deletes the match conditions defined for the Dell class from the class 
currently being configured.
console(config-classmap)#no match class-map Dell