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Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the configuration, management, and distribution of quality of service information in a fiber channel fabric using zoning mechanisms. configuration of Quality of Service (QS) information is made easy by using zones as a classifier for flows. QS information is included in zone objects, thereby using the existing zone distribution mechanism to distribute QS information. Devices not part of any zones are placed automatically in the default zone with a default QS priority level. QS information for a particular packet is available as soon as the zoning information is obtained.