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Intermittent latency seen at host side FCP while Brocade sees buffer credit zero

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Applies to

Brocade FOS

Issue

  • Host latency increase intermittently
  • Brocade switches see multiple ports with high buffer credit zero

portstatsshow 0
stat_wtx                56028197006651      4-byte words transmitted
stat_wrx                50686829025950      4-byte words received
...
tim_txcrd_z             406981115           Time TX Credit Zero (2.5Us ticks)
tim_txcrd_z_vc  0- 3:  0           0           406981115   0         
tim_txcrd_z_vc  4- 7:  0           0           0           0         
tim_txcrd_z_vc  8-11:  0           0           0           0         
tim_txcrd_z_vc 12-15:  0           0           0           0         
lat_tot_pkt_vc  0- 3:  1           1           39          1         
lat_tot_pkt_vc  4- 7:  1           1           1           1         
lat_tot_pkt_vc  8-11:  1           1           1           1         
lat_tot_pkt_vc 12-15:  1           1           1           1         
lat_hi_time_vc  0- 3:  0           0           0           0         
lat_hi_time_vc  4- 7:  0           0           0           0         
lat_hi_time_vc  8-11:  0           0           0           0         
lat_hi_time_vc 12-15:  0           0           0           0         
lat_lo_time_vc  0- 3:  1           1           7148        1         
lat_lo_time_vc  4- 7:  1           1           1           1         
lat_lo_time_vc  8-11:  1           1           1           1         
lat_lo_time_vc 12-15:  1           1           1           1         
max_latency_vc  0- 3:  1           1           515         1         
max_latency_vc  4- 7:  1           1           1           1         
max_latency_vc  8-11:  1           1           1           1         
max_latency_vc 12-15:  1           1           1           1         

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