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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 22 Configuring Generation 2 and Generation 3 Switching Modules
Configuring Module Interface Shared Resources
Step 5 Click the Apply Changes icon.
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Caution Changing port speed and rate mode disrupts traffic on the port.
Configuring Oversubscription Ratio Restrictions
The 48-port and 24-port 4-Gbps, and all 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules support
oversubscription on switches with shared rate mode configurations. By default, all 48-port and 24-port
4-Gbps, and 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules have restrictions on oversubscription ratios
enabled. As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(1) and NX-OS Release 4.1(1), you can disable restrictions
on oversubscription ratios.
Table 22-21 describes the bandwidth allocation for oversubscribed interfaces configured in shared mode
on the 4-Gbps modules.
All ports in the 48-port and 24-port 4-Gbps modules can be configured to operate at 4 Gbps in shared
mode even if other ports in the port group are configured in dedicated mode, regardless of available
bandwidth. However, when oversubscription ratio restrictions are enabled, you may not have all shared
4-Gbps module ports operating at 4 Gbps.
Table 22-21 Bandwidth Allocation for Oversubscribed Interfaces
Switching
Module Configured Speed
Reserved Bandwidth (Gbps) Maximum
Bandwidth
(Gbps)Ratios enabled Ratios disabled
48-Port 8-Gbps
Fibre Channel
Module
Auto 8 Gbps 0.36 0.2 8
Auto Max 4 Gbps 0.24 0.1 4
Auto Max 2 Gbps 0.12 0.05 2
24-Port 8-Gbps
Fibre Channel
Module
Auto 8 Gbps 0.8 0.8 8
Auto Max 4 Gbps 0.4 0.4 4
Auto Max 2 Gbps 0.2 0.2 2
4/44-Port
8-Gbps
Host-Optimized
Fibre Channel
Module
8 Gbps 0.87 0.16 8
Auto Max 4 Gbps 0.436 0.08 4
Auto Max 2 Gbps 0.218 0.04 2
1 Gbps 0.109 0.02 1
48-port 4-Gbps
Fibre Channel
switching
module
Auto 4 Gbps 0.8 0.09 4
Auto Max 2 Gbps 0.4 0.045 2
1 Gbps 0.2 0.0225 1
24-port 4-Gbps
Fibre Channel
switching
module
Auto 4 Gbps 1 0.27 4
Auto Max 2 Gbps 0.5 0.135 2
1 Gbps 0.25 0.067 1