Users Guide

b Apply PFC Priority configuration. Configure priorities on which PFC is enabled.
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1/1)#pfc priority 1,2
SNMP Support for PFC and Buffer Statistics
Tracking
Buffer Statistics Tracking (BST) feature provides a mechanism to aid in Resource Monitoring and Tuning of Buffer Allocation.
The Max Use Count mode provides the maximum value of the counters accumulated over a period of time.
Priority Flow Control (PFC) provides a link level flow control mechanism, which is controlled independently for each frame
priority. The goal of this mechanism is to ensure zero loss under congestion in DCB networks.
Dell Networking OS provides SNMP support for monitoring PFC and BST counters, and statistics. The enhancement is made on
DELL-NETWORKING-FPSTATS-MIB with additional tables to display the PFC and BST counters and statistics.
The following tables are available in DELL-NETWORKING-FPSTATS-MIB:
• dellNetFpEgrQBuffSnapshotTable
• dellNetFpIngPgBuffSnapshotTable
• dellNetFpStatsPerPgTable
• dellNetPfcPerPrioTable
dellNetFpEgrQBuff
SnapshotTable
This table fetches the BST statistics at Egress Port for the buffer used. This table displays the Snapshot of
the Buffer cells used by Unicast and Multicast Data and Control Queues.
dellNetFpIngPgBuf
fSnapshotTable
This table fetches the BST statistics at the Ingress Port for the Shared Cells, and the Headroom cells used
per Priority Group. The snapshot of the Ingress Shared cells used and the Ingress Headroom cells used
per Priority Group, when PFC is enabled, display in this table. This table lists the stack-unit index, port
number and the priority group number.
dellNetFpStatsPerP
gTable
This table fetches the Allocated Min cells, Shared cells, and Headroom cells per Priority Group, the mode
in which the buffer cells are allocated — Static or Dynamic and the Used Min Cells, Shared cells and
Headroom cells per Priority Group. The table fetches a value of 0 if the mode of allocation is Static and a
value of 1 if the mode of allocation is Dynamic. This table lists thestack-unit number, port number and
priority group number.
dellNetPfcPerPrioT
able
This table fetches the number of PFC frames transmitted (PFC Requests) and the number of PFC frames
received (PFC Indications) per priority on a per port basis. This table lists the stack-unit index, port
number and priority.
Performing PFC Using DSCP Bits Instead of 802.1p
Bits
Priority based Flow Control (PFC) is currently supported on Dell Networking OS for tagged packets based on the packet Dot1p.
In certain data center deployments, VLAN configuration is avoided on the servers and all packets from the servers are
untagged. These packets will carry IP header and can be differentiated based on the DSCP fields they carry on the server facing
switch ports. Requirement is to classify these untagged packets from the server based on their DSCP and provide PFC
treatment.
Dell Networking OS Releases 9.3(0.0) and earlier provide CLI support to specify the priorities for which PFC is enabled on each
port. This feature is applicable only for the tagged packets based on the incoming packet Dot1p and Dot1p based queue
classification. This document will discuss the configurations required to support PFC for untagged packets based on incoming
packet DSCP.
For the tagged packets, Queue is selected based on the incoming Packet Dot1p. When PFC frames for a specific priority is
received from the peer switch, the queue corresponding to that Dot1p is halted from scheduling on that port, thus honoring
the PFC from the peer. If a queue is congested due to packets with a specific Dot1p and PFC is enabled for that Dot1p, switch
will transit out PFC frames for that Dot1p. The packet Dot1p to Queue mapping for classification on the ingress must be same
as the mapping of Dot1p to the Queue to be halted on the egress used for PFC honoring. Dell Networking OS ensures that
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