CPU rate-limiting

Configuring outbound rate shaping for a specific priority

To configure the maximum rate at which outbound traffic is sent out on a port priority queue, enter the following commands.

Brocade(config)#interface ethernet 1/1/2

Brocade(config-if-e10000-1/1/2)#rate-limit output shaping 500 priority 7

Syntax: [no] rate-limit output shaping value priority priority-queue

Specify 0-7 for priority-queue

Configuring outbound rate shaping for a trunk port

This feature is supported on individual ports of a static trunk group and on LACP trunk ports. To configure the maximum rate at which outbound traffic is sent out on a trunk port, enter the following on each trunk port where outbound traffic will be shaped.

Brocade(config)# trunk ethernet 1/1/3 to 1/1/6

Brocade(config-trunk-3-6)# config-trunk-ind

Brocade(config-trunk-3-6)# rate-limit output shaping ethernet 1/1/5 651

Brocade(config-trunk-3-6)# rate-limit output shaping ethernet 1/1/4 1300

The above commands configure an outbound rate shaper on port 1/1/4 and port 1/1/5.

Syntax: [no] rate-limit output shaping ethernet port value

Specify the port variable in stack-unit/slotnum/portnumformat.

Displaying rate shaping configurations

To display the configured outbound rate shaper on a device, use the show rate-limitoutput-shapingcommand.

Brocade# show

rate-limit output-shaping

 

 

 

 

 

Outbound Rate

Shaping Limits in Packets/sec:

Prio4

Prio5

Prio6

Prio7

Port

PortMax

Prio0

Prio1

Prio2

Prio3

1/1/1

-

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

651

1/1/2

1302

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1/1/5

651

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The output lists the ports on a device, the configured outbound rate shaper (if any) for each port, and the priority for a port.

CPU rate-limiting

Unnecessary traffic to the switch CPU lowers the efficiency of the CPU and delays handling of other traffic that requires processing. CPU rate limiting is a CPU protection scheme which limits certain traffic types.

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Brocade Communications Systems 6650 manual CPU rate-limiting, Configuring outbound rate shaping for a specific priority