Contents

Configuring data buffers· 1

About data buffers· 1

Data buffer types· 1

Cell resources· 1

Fixed area and shared area· 1

Restrictions and guidelines: Data buffer configuration· 2

Data buffer tasks at a glance· 2

Enabling the Burst feature· 3

Configuring data buffers manually· 3

Setting the buffer ratio or size for a queue in interface view· 4

Setting the fixed-area ratio or size for a queue· 4

Setting the maximum shared-area ratio or size for a queue· 4

Mapping a queue to a service pool 5

Configuring data buffer monitoring· 5

Configuring data buffer alarms· 6

About data buffer alarms· 6

Configuring alarm thresholds for the ingress or egress buffer 6

Configuring alarm thresholds for the Headroom buffer 7

Configuring packet-drop alarms· 7

Display and maintenance commands for data buffers· 8

 

Configuring data buffers

About data buffers

Data buffer types

Data buffers temporarily store packets to avoid packet loss.

The following data buffers are available:

·     Ingress buffer—Stores incoming packets when the CPU is busy.

·     Egress buffer—Stores outgoing packets when network congestion occurs.

·     Headroom buffer—Stores packets when the ingress buffer or egress buffer is used up.

Figure 1 shows the structure of ingress and egress buffers.

Figure 1 Data buffer structure

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Cell resources

A buffer uses cell resources to store packets based on packet sizes. A cell resource is 208 bytes. The buffer allocates one cell resource to a 128-byte packet and two cell resources to a 300-byte packet.

Fixed area and shared area

The cell resources have a fixed area and a shared area.

·     Fixed area—Partitioned into queues, each of which is equally divided by all the interfaces on a card, as shown in Figure 2. When congestion occurs or the CPU is busy, the following rules apply:

a.     An interface first uses the relevant queues of the fixed area to store packets.

b.     When a queue is full, the interface uses the corresponding queue of the shared area.

c.     When the queue in the shared area is also full, the interface discards subsequent packets.

The system allocates the fixed area among queues as specified by the user. Even if a queue is not full, other queues cannot preempt its space. Similarly, the share of a queue for an interface cannot be preempted by other interfaces even if it is not full.

·     Shared area—Partitioned into queues, each of which is not equally divided by the interfaces, as shown in Figure 2. The system determines the actual shared-area space for each queue according to user configuration and the number of packets actually received and sent. If a queue is not full, other queues can preempt its space.

The system puts packets received or sent on all interfaces into a queue in the order they arrive. When the queue is full, subsequent packets are dropped.

The shared area is also divided into service pools based on application services. You can map a queue to a service pool, and this queue can only use the resources of that service pool. By default, all of the shared area belongs to service pool 0.

Figure 2 Fixed area and shared area

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Restrictions and guidelines: Data buffer configuration

You can configure data buffers either manually or automatically by enabling the Burst feature. If you have configured data buffers in one way, delete the configuration before using the other way. Otherwise, the new configuration does not take effect.

Inappropriate data buffer changes can cause system problems. Before manually changing data buffer settings, make sure you understand its impact on your device. As a best practice, use the burst-mode enable command if the system requires large buffer spaces.

Data buffer tasks at a glance

To configure the data buffer, perform the following tasks:

·     Enabling the Burst feature

·     Configuring data buffers manually

·     Setting the buffer ratio or size for a queue in interface view

¡     Setting the fixed-area ratio or size for a queue

¡     Setting the maximum shared-area ratio or size for a queue

·     Mapping a queue to a service pool

·     (Optional.) Configuring data buffer monitoring

·     (Optional.) Configuring data buffer alarms

¡     Configuring alarm thresholds for the ingress or egress buffer

¡     Configuring alarm thresholds for the Headroom buffer

¡     Configuring packet-drop alarms

Enabling the Burst feature

About this task

The Burst feature enables the device to automatically allocate cell and packet resources. It is well suited to the following scenarios:

·     Traffic enters a device from a high-speed interface and goes out of a low-speed interface.

·     Traffic enters a device from multiple same-rate interfaces at the same time and goes out of an interface with the same rate.

This feature takes effect only on known unicast packets.

Procedure

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Enable the Burst feature.

burst-mode enable

By default, the Burst feature is disabled.

Configuring data buffers manually

About this task

Each type of resources of a buffer, packet or cell, has a fixed size. After you set the shared-area size for a type of resources, the rest is automatically assigned to the fixed area.

By default, all queues have an equal share of the shared area and the fixed area. You can change the maximum shared-area space and the fixed-area for a queue. The unconfigured queues use the default settings.

Procedure

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Configure buffer assignment rules.

¡     Set the fixed-area ratio or size for a service pool.

In standalone mode:

buffer ingress slot slot-number cell service-pool sp-id shared ratio ratio

In IRF mode:

buffer ingress chassis chassis-number slot slot-number cell service-pool sp-id shared ratio ratio

By default, all of the shared area is reserved for service pool 0.

3.     Apply buffer assignment rules.

buffer apply

You cannot directly modify the applied configuration. To modify the configuration, you must cancel the application, reconfigure data buffers, and reapply the configuration.

Setting the buffer ratio or size for a queue in interface view

Setting the fixed-area ratio or size for a queue

About this task

The fixed area is partitioned into queues, each of which is equally divided by all the interfaces. Even if a queue is not full, other queues cannot preempt its space. After you set the fixed-area ratio for a queue, the other queues have an equal share of the remaining part.

Restrictions and guidelines

The sum of the fixed-area ratios configured for all queues cannot exceed 100%. The queue that causes the sum of the fixed-area ratios to exceed 100% fails to be configured and still uses the default setting.

The fixed-area ratio setting in interface view has higher priority than the fixed-area ratio setting in system view. If it is configured in both views, the setting in interface view takes effect.

Procedure

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Enter interface view.

interface interface-type interface-number

3.     Set the fixed-area ratio or size for a queue.

buffer egress cell queue queue-id guaranteed ratio ratio

The default setting is 13%.

Setting the maximum shared-area ratio or size for a queue

About this task

The shared area is partitioned into queues. If a queue is not full, other queues can preempt its space.. After you set the maximum shared-area ratio for a queue, the other queues use the default setting. The system determines the actual shared-area space for each queue according to user configuration and the number of packets actually received and sent.

Restrictions and guidelines

The maximum shared-area ratio setting in interface view has higher priority than the maximum shared-area setting in system view. If it is configured in both views, the setting in interface view takes effect.

Procedure

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Enter interface view.

interface interface-type interface-number

3.     Set the maximum shared-area ratio or size for a queue.

buffer egress cell queue queue-id shared ratio ratio

The default setting is 20 %.

Mapping a queue to a service pool

About this task

A queue mapped to a service pool can only use that service pool to store packets and does not affect other service pools.

For the ingress buffer, the queue ID specified represents the 802.1p priority in packets.

Prerequisites

Before performing this task, use the buffer service-pool shared command to set the maximum shared-area ratio for the service pool.

Procedure

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Enter interface view.

interface interface-type interface-number

3.     Map a queue to a service pool.

buffer ingress queue queue-id map-to service-pool sp-id

By default, all queues are mapped to service pool 0.

Configuring data buffer monitoring

About this task

The data buffer on a switch is shared by all interfaces for buffering packets during periods of congestion.

This feature allows you to identify the interfaces that use an excessive amount of data buffer space. Then, you can diagnose those interfaces for anomalies.

You can set a per-interface buffer usage threshold. The buffer usage threshold for a queue is the same as the per-interface threshold value. The switch automatically records buffer usage for each interface. When a queue on an interface uses more buffer space than the set threshold, the system counts one threshold violation for the queue.

Procedure

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Set a per-interface buffer usage threshold.

In standalone mode:

buffer usage threshold slot slot-number ratio ratio

In IRF mode:

buffer usage threshold chassis chassis-number slot slot-number ratio ratio

The default setting is 100%.

Configuring data buffer alarms

About data buffer alarms

This feature works with a network management system (such as IMC). Data buffer alarms include threshold-crossing alarms and packet drop alarms. The device reports these alarms to the network management system for displaying the data buffer usage.

Configuring alarm thresholds for the ingress or egress buffer

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Configure the alarm thresholds. Choose the options to configure as needed:

¡     Configure the global alarm threshold for a queue.

In standalone mode:

buffer { egress | ingress } usage threshold slot slot-number queue queue-id ratio ratio

In IRF mode:

buffer { egress | ingress } usage threshold chassis chassis-number slot slot-number queue queue-id ratio ratio

The default setting is 100%.

¡     Execute the following commands in sequence to configure the alarm threshold for a queue on an interface:

interface interface-type interface-number

buffer { egress | ingress } usage threshold queue queue-id ratio ratio

By default, an interface uses the global alarm threshold. In this case, the display this [ all ] command does not display the global alarm threshold that the interface uses when it is executed in interface view. For this command to display the alarm threshold that the interface uses, configure the alarm threshold as the default value and or a non-default value in interface view.

¡     Configure the alarm threshold for all queues.

In standalone mode:

buffer egress usage threshold all-queue slot slot-number ratio ratio

In IRF mode:

buffer egress usage threshold all-queue chassis chassis-number slot slot-number ratio ratio

The default setting is 100%.

3.     Enable threshold-crossing alarms.

buffer threshold alarm { egress | ingress } enable

By default, threshold-crossing alarms are disabled.

4.     (Optional.) Set the interval for sending threshold-crossing alarms.

buffer threshold alarm { egress | ingress } interval interval

By default, the global alarm threshold is used.

Configuring alarm thresholds for the Headroom buffer

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Configure the alarm thresholds. Choose the options to configure as needed:

¡     Configure the global per-queue alarm threshold.

In standalone mode:

buffer usage threshold headroom slot slot-number ratio ratio

In IRF mode:

buffer usage threshold headroom chassis chassis-number slot slot-number ratio ratio

The default setting is 100%.

¡     Execute the following commands in sequence to configure the alarm threshold for a queue on an interface:

interface interface-type interface-number

buffer usage threshold headroom queue queue-id ratio ratio

By default, an interface uses the global per-queue alarm threshold. In this case, the display this [ all ] command does not display the global per-queue alarm threshold that the interface uses when it is executed in interface view. For this command to display the per-queue alarm threshold that the interface uses, configure the per-queue alarm threshold as the default value and or a non-default value in interface view.

3.     Enable threshold-crossing alarms.

buffer threshold alarm headroom enable

By default, threshold-crossing alarms are disabled.

4.     (Optional.) Set the interval for sending threshold-crossing alarms.

buffer threshold alarm headroom interval interval

The default setting is 5 seconds.

Configuring packet-drop alarms

About this task

This feature allows the device to periodically send packet-drop information to the NMS.

Restrictions and guidelines

This feature does not take effect on the Headroom buffer.

Procedure

1.     Enter system view.

system-view

2.     Enable packet-drop alarms.

buffer packet-drop alarm enable

By default, packet-drop alarms are disabled.

3.     (Optional.) Set the interval for sending packet-drop alarms.

buffer packet-drop alarm interval interval

The default setting is 5 seconds.

Display and maintenance commands for data buffers

Execute display commands in any view.

 

Task	Command
Display data buffer usage.	In standalone mode: display buffer usage [ slot slot-number ] In IRF mode: display buffer usage [ chassis chassis-number slot slot-number ]
Display buffer usage statistics for interfaces.	display buffer usage interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] [ verbose ]

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