Configuring Data Buffers; Configuration Task List - HP FlexFabric 5700 series Configuration Manual

Configuring data buffers

An interface stores outgoing packets in the egress buffer when congestion occurs.
An egress buffer uses the following types of resources:
Cell resources—Store packets. The buffer uses cell resources based on packet sizes. Suppose a cell
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resource provides 208 bytes. The buffer allocates one cell resource to a 128-byte packet and two
cell resources to a 300-byte packet.
Packet resources—Store packet pointers. A packet pointer indicates where the packet is located in
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cell resources. The buffer uses one packet resource for each incoming or outgoing packet.
Each type of resources has a fixed area and a shared area.
Fixed area—Partitioned into queues, each of which is equally divided by all the interfaces on a
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device, as shown in
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 space for the queue in 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
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shown in
to user configuration and the number of packets actually sent. If a queue is not full, other queues can
preempt its space.
The system puts packets received on all interfaces into a queue in the order they arrive. When the
queue is full, subsequent packets are dropped.
Figure 28 Fixed area and shared area

Configuration task list

You can configure data buffers either automatically by enabling the Burst function or manually.
Figure 28. When congestion occurs, the following rules apply:
Figure 28. The system determines the actual shared-area ratio for each queue according
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