Chapter 7

Congestion Management in Ethernet Storage Networks

This chapter focuses on the storage protocols that use lossless Ethernet networks without TCP, such as FCoE, RoCE, and RoCEv2. It also discusses VXLAN tunneling of lossless classes and how congestion is handled in that environment.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Ethernet Flow Control

  • Understanding Congestion in Lossless Ethernet Networks

  • Detecting Congestion in Lossless Ethernet Networks

  • Troubleshooting Congestion in Lossless Ethernet Networks

  • Preventing Congestion in Lossless Ethernet Networks including RoCEv2 congestion management (RCM)

  • Congestion management of lossless traffic with VXLAN

Ethernet Flow Control

Ethernet flow control comes in two flavors, Link-Level Flow ...

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