
Chapter 1 Introduction Installation and Operation Manual
1-26 Functional Description Egate-100 Ver. 4.0
• One of the DS3 Rxs
• Internal clock.
Buffer Management
Egate-100 has a total of 2500 frame buffers. The frames in each buffer are
limited in size by the maximum frame length.
Each bridge port priority queue (at egress) has a configurable threshold. When a
frame enters the bridge, it is assigned for transmission to the appropriate bridge
port based on the functionality of the bridge, and to the appropriate bridge port
priority queue based on the packet’s priority fields.
If the number of packets in the bridge port priority queue exceeds the configured
threshold, the incoming packet is dropped. Otherwise, it is queued for transmission.
A second threshold is used at the level of a group of priority queues. For each
priority level, a threshold can be configured for the group of all priority queues
(of the E1/T1 bridge ports) of that priority level. Before a packet is queued for
transmission, both thresholds (individual and group) are checked.
The buffer-management scheme described allows for over-subscription of buffers
(Number-of-bridge-ports × Packet-threshold > 2500) allowing for a high burst
tolerance at the bridge port level while preventing the high-priority queues from
suffering buffer starvation.
The setting also includes the Gigabit Ethernet buffer threshold. Proper design of
the setting ensures that there is no buffer starvation for the Gigabit Ethernet
interface regardless of E1/T1 buffer state:
E1/T1-threshold + Gigabit Ethernet threshold = 2500.
All thresholds are configurable, and the user may modify settings as well as
specify the desired amount of oversubscription, if any.
Management
Egate-100 can be monitored locally from an ASCII terminal or from a remote site
using Telnet or the ConfiguRAD Web-based application. The RADview Lite
application is also supported.
Inband Management
Egate-100 supports inband management via Telnet, Web, and RADView Lite.
Configuration, monitoring, and statistics are available.
Out-of-Band Management
Egate-100 allows full configuration and diagnostics via ASCII terminal or Fast
Ethernet management port. The ASCII terminal is connected to the control port
on the Egate-100 front panel.
An explanation of ASCII terminal activation is provided in
Chapter 3
including
general instructions for navigating through the system menus and windows and
modifying data.
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