[j-nsp] Cut-through forwarding statistics on QFX5100

[Nelson, Brian]

Model: qfx5100-96s-8q
Junos: 14.1X53-D42.3

user at qfx5100-96s# set forwarding-options cut-through ?
Possible completions:
  <[Enter]>            Execute this command
> accounting           Configure accounting of traffic
> analyzer             Analyzer options
+ apply-groups         Groups from which to inherit configuration data
+ apply-groups-except  Don't inherit configuration data from these groups
> dhcp-relay           Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol relay configuration
> enhanced-hash-key    Select data used in the hash key for Enhanced IP Forwarding Engines
> family               Protocol family
> hash-key             Select data used in the hash key
> helpers              Port forwarding configuration
> load-balance         Configure load-balancing attributes on the forwarding path
> local-bias           Turn on local bias functionality
  no-load-balance-label-capability  Disable load balance label capability
> port-mirroring       Configure port mirroring of traffic
> storm-control-profiles  Storm control profile for this instance
  vrf-fallback         Enable vrf-fallback forwarding. This will restart PFE
  |                    Pipe through a command

Brian Nelson
Dept of CS
UTD

-----Original Message-----
From: juniper-nsp [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Brant Ian Stevens
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 10:24 AM
To: Aaron Gould <aaron1 at gvtc.com>
Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net; 'Thomas Bellman' <bellman at nsc.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Cut-through forwarding statistics on QFX5100

It is readily available in 17.2; not sure about earlier versions.

branto at host# set forwarding-options ?
Possible completions:
 > access-security      Access security configuration
 > accounting           Configure accounting of traffic
 > analyzer             Analyzer options
+ apply-groups         Groups from which to inherit configuration data
+ apply-groups-except  Don't inherit configuration data from these 
+ groups
   cut-through          Enable cut-through forwarding
 > dhcp-relay           Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol relay 
configuration
 > enhanced-hash-key    Select data used in the hash key for Enhanced IP 
Forwarding Engines
 > family               Protocol family
 > hash-key             Select data used in the hash key
 > helpers              Port forwarding configuration
 > ip-options-protocol-queue  IP Options protocol logical queue parameters
 > load-balance         Configure load-balancing attributes on the 
forwarding path
 > local-bias           Turn on local bias functionality
 > port-mirroring       Configure port mirroring of traffic
 > storm-control-profiles  Storm control profile for this instance
   vrf-fallback         Enable vrf-fallback forwarding. This will 
restart PFE

> Aaron Gould <mailto:aaron1 at gvtc.com>
> June 22, 2017 at 10:21 AM
> Sorry I don't have an answer... but interestingly, I see this as a hidden command on the cousin ACX5048... is it hidden in the QFX5100 or in plain view using the ? after set forwarding-option ?
>
> I haven't used it nor committed it further so I don't know of its 
> functionality on this ACX5048
>
> {master:0}[edit]
> agould at eng-lab-5048-1# run show version
> fpc0:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> Hostname: eng-lab-5048-1
> Model: acx5048
> Junos: 15.1X54-D20.7
>
> .......
>
> agould at eng-lab-5048-1# set forwarding-options ?
> Possible completions:
>> accounting           Configure accounting of traffic
> + apply-groups         Groups from which to inherit configuration data
> + apply-groups-except  Don't inherit configuration data from these 
> + groups
>> dhcp-relay           Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol relay configuration
>> family               Protocol family
>    fast-reroute-priority  Fast-reroute repair priority
>> hash-key             Select data used in the hash key
>> helpers              Port forwarding configuration
>    no-load-balance-label-capability  Disable load balance label 
> capability
>> port-mirroring       Configure port mirroring of traffic
>> sampling             Statistical traffic sampling options
>> storm-control-profiles  Storm control profile for this instance
> {master:0}[edit]
> agould at eng-lab-5048-1# set forwarding-options cut-through
>
> {master:0}[edit]
> agould at eng-lab-5048-1# show | compare
> [edit]
> +  forwarding-options {
> +      cut-through;
> +  }
>
>
> - Aaron Gould
>
>
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> Thomas Bellman <mailto:bellman at nsc.liu.se> June 21, 2017 at 6:28 PM 
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> We have a QFX5100 on which we have enabled cut-throug forwarding ('set 
> forwarding-options cut-through'). Now I am curious about how effective 
> that is. Is there any statistics one can dig out about how often the 
> switch is able to do cut-through, and how often it has to fall back to 
> store-and-forward? I haven't found anything in 'show interfaces 
> extensive', nor any other promising 'show' command.
>
> The dream would of course be to get counters for every combination of 
> ingress and egress interface, but I would be happy to get just 
> counters for just ingress or egress, or even just a total for the 
> entire system.
>
> The switch is running Junos 17.2R1 if that matters.
>
>
> - --
> Thomas Bellman, National Supercomputer Centre, Linköping Univ., Sweden 
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> sometimes we don't understand the hardware, !
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