Cisco Nexus 6000 Series - Load-Balancing Queues at the FEX Global Level

This example shows how to configure the slow drain feature on the N2232P FEX:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fex N2232P
switch(config-fex)# hardware N2232P slow-port-error-disable-time 500
Load-balancing queues at the FEX global level
The Cisco Nexus 2248PQ provides 8 load balancing queues. These load balancing queues are designed to
resolve port congestion.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 1
Enters configuration mode for the specified
FEX.
fex chassis_id
Example:
switch(config)# fex 100
switch(config)#
Step 2
The range of the chassis_id value is 100 to
199.
Enables and disables load balancing queues
at the FEX global level.
hardware N2248PQ uplink-load-balance-mode
Example:
switch(config-fex)# hardware N2248PQ
uplink-load-balance-mode
Step 3
This example shows how to configure the load balance queues.
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fex 100
switch(config-fex)# hardware N2248PQ uplink-load-balance-mode
switch(config-fex)#
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Configuring the Fabric Extender
Load-balancing queues at the FEX global level