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Configuring CoS PFC (Congestion Notification Profiles)

Associating a CNP with an interface enables PFC on the ingress traffic that matches the priority specified in the input CNP, and programs the queues listed in the output CNP to pause when the interface receives a PFC pause message from the connected peer. Configure PFC on a priority end to end along the entire data path to create a lossless lane of traffic on the network.

Note: You must enable PFC on the priority used by FCoE traffic on ingress interfaces (input CNP). Enable PFC on the FCoE priority on every interface that carries FCoE traffic. By convention, FCoE traffic uses priority 3 (code point 011), which maps to queue 3. If your network uses priority 3 for FCoE traffic, the default forwarding class and classifier configuration support lossless transport, but you must still configure a CNP and apply it to the correct ingress interfaces to enable PFC and achieve lossless transport. If your network does not use priority 3 for FCoE traffic, you need to configure a classifier that classifies FCoE traffic into a lossless forwarding class, based on the priority your network uses for FCoE traffic. If you are not using the default lossless forwarding class configuration, then you also need to ensure that the output queue mapped to the lossless FCoE forwarding class is programmed to pause.

You can attach only one CNP to an interface. There is no limit to the total number of CNPs you can create.

Configuring a CNP consists of:

• Naming the CNP.
• Specifying the IEEE 802.1 code point (priority) on which you want to enable PFC on ingress interfaces (input CNP).
• Optionally, specifying the MRU and the length of the attached cable on ingress interfaces (input CNP).
• Optionally, configuring flow control (PFC pause) on specified output queues if you want queues other than queues 3 and 4 to respond to pause messages received from the connected peer (output CNP).
• Mapping the CNP to an interface.

Note: Configuring or changing PFC on an interface blocks the entire port until the PFC change is completed. After a PFC change is completed, the port is unblocked and traffic resumes. Blocking the port stops ingress and egress traffic, and causes packet loss on all queues on the port until the port is unblocked.

1. Enable PFC on the desired priority in the input CNP and optionally configure the interface MRU for traffic on that priority:
   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set congestion-notification-profile cnp-name input ieee-802.1 code-point code-point bits pfc mru mru-value
   
   

   For example, to configure a CNP named fcoe-cnp that enables PFC on IEEE 802.1 code point 011 and configures an MRU value of 2240:

   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set congestion-notification-profile fcoe-cnp input ieee-802.1 code-point 011 pfc mru 2240

   
   

2. Configure the length of the cable attached to the ingress interface (optional):
   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set congestion-notification-profile cnp-name input cable-length cable-length-value
   
   

   For example, to configure a CNP named fcoe-cnp that sets the length of the ingress interface cable to 100 meters:

   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set congestion-notification-profile fcoe-cnp input cable-length 100

   
   

3. (Optional) Configure flow control on output queues:
   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set congestion-notification-profile cnp-name output ieee-802.1 code-point code-point-bits flow-control-queue [queue | list-of-queues]
   
   

   For example, to configure a CNP named fcoe-cnp that enables PFC pause flow control on output queues 3 and 5 for FCoE traffic that uses priority 3 (code point 011) and on output queue 4 for traffic that uses priority 4 (code point 100):

   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set congestion-notification-profile cnp-name output ieee-802.1 code-point 011 flow-control-queue [3 5]
user@switch# set congestion-notification-profile cnp-name output ieee-802.1 code-point 100 flow-control-queue 4

   
   

4. Map the CNP to an interface:
   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set interfaces interface congestion-notification-profile cnp-name
   
   

   For example, to map the CNP fcoe-cnp to the interface xe-0/0/7:

   [edit class-of-service]
user@switch# set interfaces xe-0/0/7 congestion-notification-profile fcoe-cnp