FW: [c-nsp] Cisco GigabitEthernetSwitch Module (CGESM)fortheHPBladeSystem

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Tue Oct 11 16:25:46 EDT 2005


> Storm control is something I'm very wary of. The reason is that
> it has no concept of what packets it would like to drop,

Well, neither does a server interface when you hit line rate...
Any additional traffic will be dropped, and don't think the
servers will do that intelligently.

> If anyone's online that has experience with it working fine in
> a Tibco or similar deployment, I'd appreciate knowing what
> mechanism there is to stop the implosion.

I don't think *anything* works fine with Tibco ;-)

-A



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