Policy driven network qos deployment

A method for implementing policy-driven quality of service (QoS) in a network, the method comprising:

• monitoring the network for events that affect QoS policies in the network;
• when an event is detected, identifying a corresponding QoS policy rule to be applied to at least one machine affected by the detected event;
• identifying a set of affected machines for which the identified QoS policy rule should be applied;
• and
• configuring ports associated with the identified set of affected machines to implement the identified QoS policy rule.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program, which when executed by at least one processing unit, implements policy-driven quality of service (QoS) in a network, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

• monitoring the network for events that affect QoS policies in the network;
• when an event is detected, identifying a corresponding QoS policy rule to be applied to at least one machine affected by the detected event;
• identifying a set of affected machines for which the identified QoS policy rule should be applied;
• and
• configuring ports associated with the identified set of affected machines to implement the identified QoS policy rule.