Dell 53-1002116-01 manual Ethernet pause, Changing the Tail Drop threshold

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Changing the Tail Drop threshold

To change the Tail Drop threshold, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode.

switch#configure terminal

2.Change the Tail Drop threshold for each multicast traffic class. In this example, 1000pkt is used.

switch(config)#qos rcv-queue multicast threshold 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

The following example increases multicast frame expansion Tail Drop Threshold to 1000pkt for each multicast Traffic Class.

switch:admin>cmsh switch>enable switch#configure terminal

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. switch(config)#qos rcv-queue multicast threshold 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

switch(config)#end

3. Enter the copy command to save the running-config file to the startup-config file.

switch#copy running-config startup-config

Ethernet pause

Ethernet Pause is an IEEE 802.3 standard mechanism for back pressuring a neighboring device. Pause messages are sent by utilizing the optional MAC control sublayer. A Pause frame contains a 2-byte pause number, which states the length of the pause in units of 512 bit times. When a device receives a Pause frame, it must stop sending any data on the interface for the specified length of time, once it completes transmission of any frame in progress. You can use this feature to reduce Ethernet frame losses by using a standardized mechanism. However the Pause mechanism does not have the ability to selectively back pressure data sources multiple hops away, or exert any control per VLAN or per priority, so it is disruptive to all traffic on the link.

Ethernet Pause includes the following features:

•All configuration parameters can be specified independently per interface.

•Pause On/Off can be specified independently for TX and RX directions. No support is provided for auto-negotiation.

•Pause generation is based on input (receive) queueing. Queue levels are tracked per input port. You can change the high-water and low-water threshold for each input port. When the instantaneous queue depth crosses the high-water mark then a Pause is generated. If any additional frames are received and the queue length is still above the low-water mark then additional Pauses are generated. Once the queue length drops below the low-water mark then Pause generation ceases.

•A Pause that is received and processed halts transmission of the output queues associated with the port for the duration specified in the Pause frame.

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