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Example: Deploying DRNI and RDMA ··························································· 1
Network configuration ········································································································································ 1
Connectivity models ··········································································································································· 4
Applicable product matrix ··································································································································· 4
Restrictions and guidelines ································································································································ 5
Configuring 5945 switches as leaf nodes ·········································································································· 5
Procedure summary ··································································································································· 5
Configuring global RoCE settings ·············································································································· 6
Configuring the links towards the spine tier ····························································································· 14
Configuring RoCE settings for the links towards the spine tier ································································ 15
Configuring DRNI ····································································································································· 18
Configuring RoCE settings for the IPL ····································································································· 20
Configuring the links towards the servers ································································································ 22
Configuring RoCE settings for the links towards the servers ··································································· 24
Configuring an underlay BGP instance ···································································································· 27
Configuring VLAN interfaces and gateways (dual-active gateways)························································ 28
Configuring VLAN interfaces and gateways (VRRP gateways) ······························································· 29
Configuring spine devices ································································································································ 29
Spine device configuration tasks at a glance ··························································································· 29
Configuring global RoCE settings ············································································································ 30
Configuring the links towards the leaf tier ································································································ 32
Configuring RoCE settings for the links towards the leaf tier ··································································· 32
Configuring routing policies to replace the original AS numbers with the local AS number ····················· 35
Configuring an underlay BGP instance ···································································································· 36
Influence of adding or deleting commands on traffic ······················································································· 37
Traffic model ···················································································································································· 39
Convergence performance test results ············································································································ 40
Failure test results ···································································································································· 40
Verifying the configuration································································································································ 40
Verification commands ····························································································································· 40
Procedure ················································································································································· 41
Tuning the parameters ····································································································································· 43
Recommended PFC settings ··················································································································· 43
Recommended ECN settings ··················································································································· 44
NIC settings for reference ························································································································ 44
Guidelines for tuning parameters ····················································································································· 45
Restrictions and guidelines ······················································································································ 45
Identifying whether packets are dropped ································································································· 46
Identifying whether the latency meets the requirements ·········································································· 47
Upgrading the devices ····································································································································· 49
Upgrading a leaf device ··························································································································· 49
Upgrading a spine device ························································································································· 50
Expanding the network····································································································································· 51
Adding a leaf device ································································································································· 51
Replacing hardware ········································································································································· 51
Replacing an interface module················································································································· 51
Replacing a switching fabric module ········································································································ 52