Configuring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing On Trunk Ports; Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing In Virtual Fabrics; Example: How Dls Affects Other Logical Switches In The Fabric; Performance Monitoring - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

• Change the existing path to a more optimal path.
• Wait for sufficient time for frames already received to be transmitted. This is needed to maintain IOD.
• Resume traffic.

Configuring lossless dynamic load sharing on trunk ports

Configure load sharing on trunk ports by using the iodSet command to specify that no frames are
dropped while rebalancing or rerouting traffic:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the iodSet command to enable dynamic load sharing to reduce frame drops.
switch:admin>iodset-lossLessDLS enable
3. Enter the following command to disable this feature.
switch:admin>iodset-lossLessDLS disable

Lossless dynamic load sharing in Virtual Fabrics

Enabling load sharing is optional on switches in a Virtual Fabric. If you enable this feature, it must be on a
per switch basis and can impact other Logical Switches in the fabric.

Example: How DLS affects other Logical Switches in the fabric

Ports 1/0 through 1/5 are a part of logical switch 1. Ports 1/6–1/10 are a part of logical switch 2. The
lossless DLS feature in turned ON on logical switch 1. Because ports 1/0 – 1/10 belong to one HP
StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director platform, traffic in logical switch 2 is affected whenever traffic
for logical switch 1 on ports 1/0 to 1/5 is rebalanced.
This effect on logical switch 2 is based on the configuration on logical switch 2:
• If logical switch 2 has IOD ON (iodSet only), IOD is enforced.
• If logical switch 2 has lossless DLS ON, traffic will be paused and resumed.
• If logical switch 2 has no IOD (iodReset), traffic will be paused and resumed.
Although, this feature is enabled for a specific Logical Switch, you must have chassis-level permissions to
use this feature.
For more information on Virtual Fabrics and chassis-level permissions, see the Chapter 6,
virtual fabrics" on page 173.
NOTE: Downgrading from Fabric OS 6.2.0 is not supported if lossless DLS is enabled.

Performance monitoring

To implement ISL Trunking effectively, you must monitor fabric traffic to identify congested paths or to
identify frequently dropped links. While monitoring changes in traffic patterns, you can adjust the fabric
design accordingly, such as by adding, removing, or reconfiguring ISLs and trunking groups in
problem areas. There are three methods of monitoring fabric traffic: Fabric Watch, Advanced Performance
Monitoring, and the Fabric OS CLI portPerfShow command.
Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) monitors traffic flow and allows you to view the impact of
different fabric configurations on performance. See Chapter 18,
monitoring" on page 405 for additional information.
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