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FastIron Configuration Guide 601
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Dynamic buffer allocation for FCX, FWS, and ICX devices
ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 buffer sharing levels
The ICX 6430 and 6450 buffer sharing level configures the shared buffers on the device.
Table 111 defines the FCX buffer sharing level settings. For information about configuring buffer
sharing, refer to “Configuring buffer sharing on FCX and ICX devices” on page 599.
If you configure buffers at the port or queue level (using qd commands or buffer profiles), the buffer
sharing level automatically changes to 1. You can change it manually.
Displaying buffer sharing information
To display information about buffer sharing, enter the show qd-share-level command. Following is
an example for an FCX device.
Following is an example for ICX 6610 devices.
5 (default) 768 128 192 192 625 375
6 1024 128 192 192 750 500
7 1280 128 192 192 875 625
8 1536 128 192 192 1000 750
TABLE 112 ICX 6610 buffer sharing level definitions (Continued)
Buffer sharing
level
Shared buffer limit Shared buffer total
(in kilobytes)
Pool 0 sharing buffers (in
kilobytes)
Pool 0 –TC 0, 1 Pool 1 –
TC 2, 3, 4
Pool 2 –
TC 5, 6
Pool 3 –
TC 7
TABLE 113 ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 buffer sharing level definitions
Buffer sharing level Shared buffer limit (in
buffers)
Shared buffer total (in
kilobytes)
1 256 64
2 (default) 1024 250
3 1536 375
4 2048 500
5 2560 625
6 3072 750
7 3584 875
8 4096 1000
Brocade# show qd-share-level
Sharing level: 1-64KB, 2-250KB, 3-375KB, 4-500KB, 5-625KB (default), 6-750KB,
7-875KB, 8-1000KB
Current qdsharing level 5
Device 0 Sharing buffers in use 0
Device 1 Sharing buffers in use 0
Device 1 Sharing buffers in use 0
Device 2 Sharing buffers in use 0