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WRED Threshold
Relationship
Q threshold = Q-
T,
Service pool
threshold = SP-T
Expected Functionality
SP-T < Q-T Same as above but ECN marking starts above
SP-T.
Configuring WRED and ECN Attributes
The functionality to configure a weight factor for the WRED and ECN functionality for backplane ports is
supported on the Z9000 platform.
WRED drops packets when the average queue length exceeds the configured threshold value to signify
congestion. Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) is a capability that enhances WRED by marking the
packets instead of causing WRED to drop them when the threshold value is exceeded. If you configure
ECN for WRED, devices employ this functionality of ECN to mark the packets and reduce the rate of
sending packets in a congested, heavily-loaded network.
To configure the weight factor for WRED and ECN capabilities, global buffer pools for multiple queues,
and associating a service class with ECN marking, perform the following:
1. Configure the weight factor for the computation of average-queue size. This weight value applies to
front-end ports.
QOS-POLICY-OUT mode
Dell(conf-qos-policy-out)#wred—profile weight number
2. Configure a WRED profile, and specify the threshold and maximum drop rate.
WRED mode
Dell(conf-wred) #wred—profile thresh-1
Dell(conf-wred) #threshold min 100 max 200 max-drop-rate 40
3. Configure another WRED profile, and specify the threshold and maximum drop rate.
WRED mode
Dell(conf-wred) #wred—profile thresh-2
Dell(conf-wred) #threshold min 300 max 400 max-drop-rate 80
4. Create a global buffer pool that is a shared buffer pool accessed by multiple queues when the
minimum guaranteed buffers for the queue are consumed.
mode
Dell(conf) #service-pool wred green pool0 thresh-1 pool1 thresh-2
Dell(conf) #service-pool wred yellow pool0 thresh-3 pool1 thresh-4
Dell(conf) #service-pool wred weight pool0 11 pool1 4
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