Aruba 2930F meter burst parameter

[EnasAhmad]

Hi,

I am using 2930F switch, and I am wondering if it supports the burst flag in its meters? it seems that only the kbps (0x0001) and pps (0x0002) are supported. If so, what is the default burst value used? I am doing fine grained measurements so the burst parameter could have a big effect.

Thanks,

Enas

P.S.: I think there is a bug in the meter statistics that are displayed by "sh openflow inst <inst name> meters", which is worth looking into. If I delete a meter and recreate it again (with the same meter ID), all meter statistics will reset to zero correctly, however, once I start sending traffic into the meter, the previous values from the old meter are used again and the new traffic is incremented to those values. Only a full reboot of the switch will force the meters to start from zero again.

[Abhay_B]

Hello Enas,

None of the Aruba switches including the 2930F support OpenFlow meters with burst flag.

I will have to check on the default burst value used in the switch.

Thank you for pointing out the bug related to meter statistics not being flushed post a meter deletion and re-creation. We will take a look at that and get it fixed in a subsequent release of the firmware.

Thanks!

Abhay

[EnasAhmad]

Thanks Abhay,

Ok, I will be waiting for your reply regarding the burst value.

Enas

[EnasAhmad]

Hi Abhay,

Any updates on the default burst value ?

Thanks,

Enas

[Abhay_B · Accepted solution]

Hello Enas,

I checked with the ASIC team and they clarified that the burst value of any given meter will be decided based on the rates defined for the various bands of the meter. So, any 2 meters with different band rates will not have the same burst values associated with it.

As a thumb rule, the burst value for any band is set as 1/8th of the corresponding band rate.

Hope this helps.

Thanks!

Abhay

[EnasAhmad]

Yes that is very useful.

Thanks Abhay,

Enas

[Abhay_B]

Hello Enas,

Can you please mark the query as solved so that it helps others in the forum who have the same queries.

Thanks!

Abhay