Service Manual
buffer dynamic
• Change the number of packet-pointers per queue.
BUFFER PROFILE mode
buffer packet-pointers
• Apply the buer prole to a line card.
CONFIGURATION mode
buffer fp-uplink linecard
• Apply the buer prole to a CSF to FP link.
CONFIGURATION mode
buffer csf linecard
Examples of Viewing Buer Information
Dell Networking OS Behavior: If you attempt to apply a buer prole to a non-existent port-pipe, Dell Networking OS displays the
following message: %DIFFSERV-2-DSA_BUFF_CARVING_INVALID_PORT_SET: Invalid FP port-set 2 for
linecard 2. Valid range of port-set is <0-1>. However, the conguration still appears in the running-cong.
Conguration changes take eect immediately and appear in the running conguration. Because under normal conditions all ports do
not require the maximum allocation, the congured dynamic allocations can exceed the actual amount of available memory; this
allocation is called oversubscription. If you choose to oversubscribe the dynamic allocation, a burst of trac on one interface might
prevent other interfaces from receiving the congured dynamic allocation, which causes packet loss.
You cannot allocate more than the available memory for the dedicated buers. If the system determines that the sum of the
congured dedicated buers allocated to the queues is more than the total available memory, the conguration is rejected, returning
a syslog message similar to the following: 00:04:20: %S50N:0 %DIFFSERV-2-DSA_DEVICE_BUFFER_UNAVAILABLE:
Unable to allocate dedicated buffers for stack-unit 1, port pipe 0, egress port 25 due to
unavailability of cells.
Dell Networking OS Behavior: When you remove a buer-prole using the no buffer-profile [fp | csf] command from
CONFIGURATION mode, the buer-prole name still appears in the output of the show buffer-profile [detail |
summary]
command. After a line card reset, the buer prole correctly returns to the default values, but the prole name remains.
Remove it from the show buffer-profile [detail | summary] command output by entering no buffer [fp-
uplink |csf] linecard port-set buffer-policy
from CONFIGURATION mode and no buffer-policy from
INTERFACE mode.
To display the allocations for any buer prole, use the show commands.
To display the default buer prole, use the show buffer-profile {summary | detail} command from EXEC Privilege
mode.
The following example shows viewing the default buer prole.
Dell#show buffer-profile detail interface tengigabitethernet 1/1/1
Interface Te 1/1/1
Buffer-profile -
Dynamic buffer 194.88 (Kilobytes)
Queue# Dedicated Buffer Buffer Packets
(Kilobytes)
0 2.50 256
1 2.50 256
2 2.50 256
3 2.50 256
4 9.38 256
5 9.38 256
6 9.38 256
7 9.38 256
896
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