> I have tuned up buffers and hold-queues on the 7200 and this has drastically > reduced the number of dropped packets, but still there is this rx-ring > limitation. This is actually a fairly well known issue as I understand it. > > Is there anything I could do on the MX to control the microbursting outbound > towards the 7200?
You might be able to do something with Ethernet flow control - I don't remember if the NPE-G2 can send pause frames. However, most likely you have to do shaping on the MX. Shaping can buffer and smooth out bursts. Obviously, to do this it has to *delay* some packets. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected] _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
