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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols
In-Order Delivery
This section includes the following topics:
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About Reordering Network Frames, page 1-11
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About Reordering SAN Port Channel Frames, page 1-11
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About Enabling In-Order Delivery, page 1-12
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Enabling In-Order Delivery Globally, page 1-12
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Enabling In-Order Delivery for a VSAN, page 1-13
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Displaying the In-Order Delivery Status, page 1-13
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Configuring the Drop Latency Time, page 1-14
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Displaying Latency Information, page 1-14
About Reordering Network Frames
When you experience a route change in the network, the new selected path may be faster or less
congested than the old route.
Figure 1-4
Route Change Delivery
In
, the new path from Switch 1 to Switch 4 is faster. In this scenario, Frame 3 and Frame 4
may be delivered before Frame 1 and Frame 2.
If the in-order guarantee feature is enabled, the frames within the network are delivered as follows:
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Frames in the network are delivered in the order in which they are transmitted.
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Frames that cannot be delivered in order within the network latency drop period are dropped inside
the network.
About Reordering SAN Port Channel Frames
When a link change occurs in a SAN port channel, the frames for the same exchange or the same flow
can switch from one path to another faster path.
Switch 1
Switch 2
Switch 3
Switch 4
Frame 2
Frame 1
Frame 4 Frame 3
Old path
New path
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