network management software

In the late 1990s, Cisco spent significant network management software development effort to implement an extensive QoS tool and feature set. The portfolio of QoS mechanisms and options became very rich and, simultaneously, very complicated to deploy. During the early 2000s, the predominant customer feedback relating to QoS was the request to simplify QoS deployment. In response to this feedback, a series of QoS simplification and automation projects was initiated

Although MQC was a major step in simplifying QoS features, it addressed only the user interface element of QoS deployment. Another factor in the complexity of QoS deployment is the inconsistency of QoS features across specific hardware platform releases or network management software releases