Buffer Tuning Commands - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

Buffer tuning commands

Task
Define a buffer profile for the FP queues.
Define a buffer profile for the CSF queues.
Change the dedicated buffers on a physical 1G
interface.
Change the maximum amount of dynamic buffers
an interface can request.
Change the number of packet-pointers per queue.
Apply the buffer profile to a line card.
Apply the buffer profile to a CSF to FP link.
FTOS Behavior: If you attempt to apply a buffer profile to a non-existent port-pipe, FTOS displays the following
message. However, the configuration still appears in the running-config.
%DIFFSERV-2-DSA_BUFF_CARVING_INVALID_PORT_SET: Invalid FP port-set 2 for linecard 2. Valid range of
port-set is <0-1>
Configuration changes take effect immediately and appear in the running configuration. Since under
normal conditions all ports do not require the maximum possible allocation, the configured dynamic
allocations can exceed the actual amount of available memory; this is called oversubscription. If you
choose to oversubscribe the dynamic allocation, a burst of traffic on one interface might prevent other
interfaces from receiving the configured dynamic allocation, which causes packet loss.
You cannot allocate more than the available memory for the dedicated buffers. If the system determines
that the sum of the configured dedicated buffers allocated to the queues is more than the total available
memory, the configuration is rejected, returning a syslog message similar to the following.
Table 14-6. Buffer Allocation Error
00:04:20: %S50N:0 %DIFFSERV-2-DSA_DEVICE_BUFFER_UNAVAILABLE: Unable to allocate dedicated buffers for
stack-unit 0, port pipe 0, egress port 25 due to unavailability of cells
FTOS Behavior: When you remove a buffer-profile using the command
CONFIGURATION mode, the buffer-profile name still appears in the output of
After a line card reset, the buffer profile correctly returns to the default values, but the profile name remains.
Remove it from the
show buffer-profile
port-set buffer-policy from CONFIGURATION mode and
Display the allocations for any buffer profile using the show commands in
default buffer profile using the command
shown in Figure
[ |
detail summary
14-9.
Command
buffer-profile fp fsqueue
buffer-profile csf csqueue
buffer dedicated
buffer dynamic
buffer packet-pointers
buffer fp-uplink linecard
buffer csf linecard
no buffer-profile [fp | csf
] command output by entering no buffer [ fp-uplink | csf ] linecard
from INTERFACE mode.
no buffer-policy
show buffer-profile {summary | detail}
Command Mode
CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURATION
BUFFER PROFILE
BUFFER PROFILE
BUFFER PROFILE
CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURATION
] from
show buffer-profile [detail | summary]
Figure 14-10. Display the
from EXEC Privilege mode, as
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.