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SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 5-5

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Congestion

8.

Is the number of cells being dropped by all other ports decreasing somewhat?

If no, go back to step 6.

If yes, continue.

9.

Enter the

set caceqbwallocscheme

command and set call admission control for this port to a more

conservative policy (

moderate

or

conservative

).

10.

Go back to step 4 until all ports have been checked.

5.4.3

Port Congestion

1.

Enter the

show portstats

command a few times, noting the value for cells dropped and unknown

VCs dropped. Is the difference for cells dropped equal to the difference for VCs dropped?

If yes, the switch is improperly set up. Check the switch configuration.

If no, this indicates port congestion. Continue.

2.

Enter the

show cacinfo

command for this port. Note the bandwidth allocated for each Quality of

Service on this port.

3.

For each class of service, enter the

set porttrafficcongestion

command. Set the Max threshold

to the value recommended in the “Quality of Service Queue Allocation Guidelines” section.

4.

Have you performed step 3 for every class of service for this port?

If no, go to step 3.

If yes, continue.

5.

Enter the

set caceqbwallocscheme

command for this port. Set call admission control for this port

to a more conservative policy (

moderate

or

conservative

).

6.

Check VC statistics for this port using either the

show pvc /d

or

show svc /d

command, whichever

is appropriate.

7.

If the port belongs to the high virtual channel link (VCL), read the forward stats. If the port belongs
to the low VCL, read the backward stats. If the port belongs to both high and low VCLs, read both
stats.

8.

Is the number of cells received increasing?

If no, go step 6.

If yes, continue.

9.

Convert allocated bandwidth (kb/s) to cells (48 bytes).

Bandwidth in cells = (1024 X Allocated Bandwidth) / 384
where 384 = 48 cells X 8

10.

Is the Allocated Bandwidth less than the Cell Reception Rate?

If no, go to step 6.

If yes, this VC is misbehaving. Take appropriate action, for example, terminate the VC.