BB Credit CountBB Credit Count
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BB Credit Count (buffer-to-buffer Credit_Count) is a counter used for Buffer-to-
buffer flow control management
BB Credit Count is defined as the number of unacknowledged or outstanding
frames awaiting R_RDY responses from the directly attached Fibre Channel
Port.
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The minimum local credit that realizes the maximum throughput is searched in
the range from 1 to the number set at End credit sizeEnd credit size. However, the minimum
local credit is not searched in the range that is three times or more of the
remote credit size.
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BB Credit Count is changed in steps. The range of changing BB Credit Count is
set at Start credit sizeStart credit size and End credit sizeEnd credit size. And the change amount per step is
set at Step credit sizeStep credit size.
When BB Credit Count is set as follows, it is changed from 100 to 900 (100 -> 300 ->
500 -> 700 -> 900).
Start credit size: 100
End credit size: 1000
Step credit size: 200
StepStep
Specify the approximate duration in time of each step of the test.
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