[c-nsp] Cisco 6500 [SUP720-3B]: %QM-4-AGG_POL_EXCEEDED: QoS Hardware Resources Exceeded : Out of Aggregate policers

[Chris Mason]

Hi All,

I am running 12.2(18)SXF12a on a Cisco 6500 and I am getting the
following error message when applying a service policy to an
interface:

%QM-4-AGG_POL_EXCEEDED: QoS Hardware Resources Exceeded : Out of
Aggregate policers

I understand the EARL7 SUP720 has a limit of 1023 aggregate policers,
but I have not configured any policers (aggregate or flow based).
My service policy is very simple and it is setting dscp based on ACL matches:

policy-map X
 class AAA
 set dscp cs6
 class BBB
 set dscp af32
 class CCC
 set dscp cs3

>From what I can see, I am using an aggregate entry for each class
attached to an interface:

Switch# show mls qos ip GigabitEthernet 2/7
     Int Mod Dir  Class-map DSCP  Agg  Trust Fl   AgForward-By   AgPoliced-By
                                  Id         Id
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Gi2/7  5  In AAA   48  193     No  0              0              0
    Gi2/7  5  In BBB   26  194     No  0              0              0
    Gi2/7  5  In CCC   24  195     No  0              0              0
    Gi2/7  5  In DDD   18  196     No  0        6338085              0

Is it just a case that the error message is misleading and I can only
use 1023 classes across the box or is this not expected?
I know my solution is vlan based and I am going to need to move to
that, but just checking this is expected and this limit isn't just
policers.

Thanks,
Chris