Expert Shows Pfc Pause Request Released From The Target To The Switch Port - Qlogic Storage Networking (Unified Fabric Pilot Installation Manual

Table 5-6
Table 5-6. FCoE and iSCSI Application Throughput when Running
Test Option
Average
Maximum
Minimum
Figure 5-32
indicating congestion on the converged host side (with VMware in place).
Figure 5-32. Expert Shows PFC Pause Request Released from the Target to the
Here are a few observations on the virtual system:

Throughput performance is less stable when running applications with virtual
machines than without.

FCoE traffic throughput decreased because PFC paused FCoE traffic. In
contrast, the iSCSI application gained bandwidth while FCoE traffic was
paused. These changes in throughput might have been caused by
increased virtual OS processing overhead, competition for CPU time, or
transmission scheduling conflicts between the virtual machines.

iSCSI throughput increases sharply when FCoE traffic decreases in the
absence of PFC pauses
Finally, compare the results from the virtual environment with the results from the
multiple host environment.
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lists the average minimum and maximum throughput values.
Separate Virtual Machines on One Physical Server
FCoE (MBps)
1182.395
shows that the FCoE initiator issued 16 PFC pause requests,
Switch Port
(Figure
5–Validation Methods for DCB and FCoE
Validation Step 7—Virtualization Verification
iSCSI (MBps)
835.819 166.289
653.632
367.888
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Combined
(MBps)
999.367
1182.395
0 371.988
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