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dei honor
Honor the incoming DEI value by mapping it to a system drop precedence. Enter the command once for 0 and once for 1.
Syntax
dei honor {0 | 1} {green | red | yellow}
Parameters
0 | 1 Enter the bit value you want to map to a color.
green | red |
yellow
Choose a color:
● Green: High priority packets that are the least preferred to be dropped.
● Yellow: Lower priority packets that are treated as best-effort.
● Red: Lowest priority packets that are always dropped (regardless of congestion
status).
Defaults Disabled; Packets with an unmapped DEI value are colored green.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
You must first enable DEI for this configuration to take effect.
Related
Commands
dei enable — enables DEI.
dei mark
Set the DEI value on egress according to the color currently assigned to the packet.
Syntax
dei mark {green | yellow} {0 | 1}
Parameters
0 | 1 Enter the bit value you want to map to a color.
green | yellow Choose a color:
● Green: High priority packets that are the least preferred to be dropped.
● Yellow: Lower priority packets that are treated as best-effort.
Defaults All the packets on egress are marked with DEI 0.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
You must first enable DEI for this configuration to take effect.
Related
Commands
dei enable — enables DEI.
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