On 11/30/16, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2016, TJ Trout wrote: > >> Is it possible to over run the buffers of a 320gbps backplane switch >> with only 1.5gbps traffic? I think the switch is rated for 140m PPS and >> I'm only pushing 100k PPS > > If your switch is the typical small-buffered-switch that has become more > and more common the past few years, then the entire switch might have > buffer to keep packets for 0.1ms or less. So if someone says "flow control > off" for 0.1ms, depending on the implementation, you might then start > seeing packet drops on all ports until that device turns flow control > back on.
I always disabled flow control on the theory that VoIP & flow control are incompatible. just out of curiosity - anyone have it enabled? if so, why? Lee
