[c-nsp] Cisco Gigabit EthernetSwitch Module (CGESM)fortheHPBladeSystem

[John Kristoff]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:38:41 +0100
christian.macnevin at uk.bnpparibas.com wrote:

> So let's say you limit your machine to 10% of the total link bandwidth
> as  multicast, to force it down to 100Meg. Nice one.
> Let's now say it tries to start sending 101 Meg. Your switch starts 
> dropping 1% of all packets. Which 1%? Who knows? So
[...]

Can't you just raise the limit to 10% plus some fudge for missed
packets?  Presumably you shouldn't need much of a fudge, otherwise
it would seem worthwhile to first investigate why so so many might
be getting dropped to begin with.

John