RE: Frame-Relay traffic shaping

From: Pat Bodin (pbodin@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Apr 29 2001 - 09:28:26 GMT-3


   
Yes. FRTS class is setup on the dlci themselves. Therefore, each side of a
FR cloud has locally significant dlcis that need to shaped. The frame-relay
traffic-shaping statement goes on the physical interface.

Pat

-----Original Message-----
From: JAY [mailto:JInciong@earthlink.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 8:37 PM
To: Pat Bodin
Subject: Re: Frame-Relay traffic shaping

Pat,

Will I need to set it on other routers aslo?

Jay

----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Bodin <pbodin@cisco.com>
To: JAY <JInciong@earthlink.net>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 9:15 AM
Subject: RE: Frame-Relay traffic shaping

> This should help!
>
> Terminology:
>
> Tc = Bc/Cir ! time interval (the internalized version of Tc where the
> time interval can't exceed 125ms)
>
> CIR = Average rate you want to send out (This is generally not the
> same as the CIR you get from your provider unless you aren't
> allowed to send above CIR) This is measured in bits/second.
> Bc = Amount of data to send per each Tc interval. This is
> measured in bits.
> (this also gets internalized and real amount of data sent per
> interval is expressed in bytes by the "increment" variable).
> Be = Amount of excess data allowed to be sent during first
> interval once credit is built up. Also measured in bits.
>
> Mincir = Minimum amount of data to be sent during periods of congestion.
> This defaults to half of CIR.
>
> Interval = Bc/CIR with the maximum size being 125ms.
>
> byte increment = Bc/8 . Must be > 125. Upper side has no bound
> or limitation except if interval is locked at 125ms.
>
> limit = byte increment + Be/8 (measured in bytes)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> OK let me throw some numbers in which may help explain this better.
>
> Let's say you have a frame relay link with following parameters:
>
> Physical port speed 64KB
> CIR = 16KB (In this case I mean CIR your provider has guarenteed
> you in their network)
>
> Now let's say your provider has told you that you can send data on your
PVC
> up to port speed as long as there is no congestion in their network but
that
> when there is congestion they will only guarantee you CIR on your PVC.
>
> Here is what you should configure on the router:
>
> encap frame-relay
> ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
> frame-relay traffic-shaping
> frame-relay map ip 10.10.10.2 200 broadcast
> frame-relay interface-dlci 200
> class 64KB
>
>
> map-class frame-relay 64KB
> frame-relay cir 64000 ! This is rate you want to normally send at
> when
> there is no congestion
> frame-relay bc 8000 ! This is amount you will send per interval.
> rule of thumb is to make it 1/8 CIR
> frame-relay be 0 ! This is extra amount to send in first
> interval. In this case you are already
> sending at port speed so this should be 0.
> frame-relay mincir 16000 ! This is what you will slow down to during
> congestion. This should be set to your
true
> CIR that your provider has guarenteed you
> when
> there is congestion in their network
>
> *Note that BECN Response(ie dropping down when receiving BECNs) is
> enabled by default in 11.2
>
> Now here are a couple of other numbers that are used in traffic shaping:
>
> Tc= Bc/CIR where Tc is the measurement interval. This value should
> be no larger than 1/8 second for good shaping to take
affect.
>
> So in above example Tc = 8K/64K = 1/8 second
>
> So basically here is what you would see transmitted in 1/8 second
intervals:
>
> 8000(Bc+Be), 8000(Bc), 8000, 8000, 8000, 8000, 8000, 8000
>
> which equals 64000bits/second.
>
> Now if you actually had a 128KB port speed but you left all numbers the
same
> except you changed Be = 64000 then here is what you would see.
>
> 72000, 8000, 8000, 8000 ....
>
> You would keep sending at Bc(8000) until you had an idle interval or only
a
> partially used interval and you built up credit again. The maximum credit
> you
> can build up is Be.
>
>
>
> Here are some show commands that you can use to see these numbers:
>
> interface Serial5/1:1
> ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
> encapsulation frame-relay
> no ip mroute-cache
> frame-relay traffic-shaping
> frame-relay interface-dlci 50
> class test
>
>
> map-class frame-relay test
> frame-relay adaptive-shaping becn
> frame-relay cir 64000
> frame-relay bc 8000
> frame-relay be 72000
> frame-relay mincir 16000
>
>
> wan-7507a#sh fr pvc 50
>
> PVC Statistics for interface Serial5/1:1 (Frame Relay DTE)
>
> DLCI = 50, DLCI USAGE = LOCAL, PVC STATUS = INACTIVE, INTERFACE =
> Serial5/1:1
>
> input pkts 0 output pkts 0 in bytes 0
> out bytes 0 dropped pkts 0 in FECN pkts 0
> in BECN pkts 0 out FECN pkts 0 out BECN pkts 0
> in DE pkts 0 out DE pkts 0
> out bcast pkts 0 out bcast bytes 0
> Shaping adapts to BECN
> pvc create time 23:34:33, last time pvc status changed 23:34:33
> cir 64000 bc 8000 be 72000 limit 10000 interval 125
> mincir 16000 byte increment 1000 BECN response yes
> pkts 0 bytes 0 pkts delayed 0 bytes delayed 0
> shaping inactive
> Serial5/1:1 dlci 50 is first come first serve default queueing
>
> Output queue 0/40, 0 drop, 0 dequeued
>
> wan-7507a#sh traffic-shape
> Access Target Byte Sustain Excess Interval Increment Adapt
> I/F List Rate Limit bits/int bits/int (ms) (bytes)
Active
> Se5/1:1 64000 10000 8000 72000 125 1000 BECN
>
> wan-7507a#sh traffic-shape statistics
> Access Queue Packets Bytes Packets Bytes Shaping
> I/F List Depth Delayed Delayed Active
> Se5/1:1 0 0 0 0 0 no
> wan-7507a#
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> JAY
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 9:21 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Frame-Relay traffic shaping
>
>
> How do accomplish the task below?
>
> Frame port speed is 64K, CIR is 16K. Make the Frame cloud aware of this
and
> set the Bc bit to 1/8th of the speed that you would want traffic to flow
if
> there were no congestion in the Frame cloud.
>
> -TIA-
> JAY
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