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Buffer-to-Buffer Credits ExchangesBuffer-to-Buffer Credits, Exchanges, and Urban Legends
Lou Ricci IBMLou Ricci, IBMHoward L. Johnson, Brocade
8 August 2011 (3:00pm – 4:00pm)Session 9931Session 9931
Room Europe 7
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Ab t tAbstract
• Performance in a FICON network is influenced by the underlying flow y y gcontrol mechanisms of Fibre Channel. In this session, we examine how Buffer-to-Buffer credits flow from the channel to the control unit. We also look at how exchanges are used in FICON applications and how they change with the introduction of zHPF. During both examinations, we explore the role of the FICON Director in managing Buffer-to-Buffer credits and exchanges over a cascaded network. Throughout the session we debunk the various FICON “UrbanThroughout the session, we debunk the various FICON “Urban Legends” featuring credits and exchanges. Take the opportunity to learn from two of the FICON industry’s leading experts in channel and fabric development and join our sessionfabric development and join our session.
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A dAgenda
• Buffer CreditsWhat are the and ho do the ork?• What are they and how do they work?
• How do you fill the pipe?• What if you can’t fill the pipe?• What’s wrong with multiple senders and one receiver?• What happens when the pipes are different sizes?
What’s it like in the real world?• What s it like in the real world?• How do cascades Directors work?
• Exchanges• What are they and how do they work?
• What’s an Exchange?g• How many exchanges are needed?• Can they be "reused?”• Can you have too many exchanges?
• Error Sensitivity• Is FICON more sensitive to errors than FCP?• Is FICON more sensitive to errors than FCP?
• How sensitive are FICON frames to loss or corruption?• What recovery actions are taken?• What are the differences with FCP?
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BUFFER CREDITSWhat are they and how do they work?
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Wh t i B ff t B ff C dit?What is Buffer-to-Buffer Credit?
• The greater the BB Credit….The greater the BB Credit….• A. The faster frames can be sent• B. The farther apart the two ports can be• C. The larger the frames can be• D. None of the above
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Wh t i B ff t B ff C dit?What is Buffer-to-Buffer Credit?
• The greater the BB Credit….The greater the BB Credit….• A.• B. The farther apart the two ports can be• C.• D.
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Fl C t lFlow Control
• Related to the devices’ ability to receive and process frames• Manages when frames are coming faster than they can be processed• Manages when frames are coming faster than they can be processed• Dropped frames occur when frames are arriving too fast to be processed
• Frames can only be transmitted when the receiver is ready• Credit establishment communicates the number of frames a device can receive at a timeCredit establishment communicates the number of frames a device can receive at a time• The credit value is exchanged at login• Transmission stops when credit runs out• The receiver indicates when it is ready to receive more frames
Credit exchange at Fabric Login
Host says, “I can receive 40 frames.”
Storage says, “I can receive 16 frames.”
Switch says, “I can receive 8 frames.”
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B ff C ditBuffer Credit
• At initialization, the two ports establish creditEach b ffer credit corresponds to a frame (regardless of si e)• Each buffer credit corresponds to a frame (regardless of size)
• Each side can support different values• Credit Count
• If a port doesn’t have credit, it can’t send a frameCredit Count has reached zero• Credit Count has reached zero
• Mechanism limits frame drops
Host thinks, “Good I can send S it h thi kGood, I can send 8 frames without thinking about it.”
Storage thinks, “Good, I can send 8 frames without thinking about it.”
Switch thinks, “OK, I can send 40 frames that way and 16 frames this way, but I have to think about it.”
Credit Count88
Credit Count8
Credit Count40
Credit Count16
Credit accounting after Fabric Login
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R i R d (R RDY)Receiver Ready (R_RDY)
• R_RDYU d f li k l l fl t l
• Frame transmissionBB C dit i d t d• Used for link level flow control
• Called buffer-to-buffer credit (BB Credit)
• R_RDY is not a frame• It is a “primitive” so it doesn’t consume
• BB Credit is decremented• Once for each frame transmitted
• When BB Credit = 0• Transmission stops
• Frame received• It is a primitive so it doesn t consume a buffer • R_RDY is sent
• Causes transmitter to increment BB Credit
Credit Accounting during Transmission
Storage says “ICredit Count
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Host says, “I can send 8 frames without stopping.”
Storage says, I can send 8 frames without stopping.”
1Credit Count
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Credit Count5
Credit Count16R_RDY
stopping.Switch says, “I can 40 frames that way and 16 frames the other way without stopping.”
R_RDY
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Urban Legend:B ff C dit t Z P blBuffer Credits at Zero are a Problem
• Buffer credit determines DISTANCETh di t t d b t d till i t i f ll li k f t• The distance two nodes can be apart and still maintain full link frame rate
• Buffer credit is the number of FRAME buffers• A port provides for it’s NEAREST neighbor for RECEIVING framesp p g• Does NOT have to be symmetrical
• Buffer credit is a FRAME count• Not a data SIZE• Not a data SIZE• A 1 byte frame consumes 1 buffer credit• A 2K byte frame consumes 1 buffer credit
• Number of credits needed is determined by:• Raw Link Speed• Speed of light thru a fiber• Distance between two adjacent nodesDistance between two adjacent nodes
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BUFFER CREDITSExample: A full pipe
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Initial Conditions
Channel “Perfect” Switch Control Unit
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Number of B-B Credits the switch advertised to the channel during link init
NOTE: In these animations, both the frames and R_RDY’s are numbered. This is for illustrative purposes only. In reality, neither the frames nor the R_RDY’s are numbered. The arrival of an R_RDY only informs the receiver that A frame has been forwarded, now WHICH frame has been forwarded.
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BUFFER CREDITSExample: A not so full pipe
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Suppose the switch is too far away from the channel for the B-B credit it pp yadvertised to the channel
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BUFFER CREDITSExample: Multiple Senders and One Receiver
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BUFFER CREDITSExample: Real Life?
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More real life example: Two senders sending at 30% 50% link rate to one receiver
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BUFFER CREDITSExample: Cascaded Directors
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BUFFER CREDITSOther Neat Stuff
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H h dit d I d?How much credit do I need?
• Good “Rule of thumb”
Number of credits needed = 1 + Link speed in Gb/s * Distance in kmFrame Size in KBFrame Size in KB
Example: 20 km at 1 Gb/s 110
4Gb32 Credits
Example: 20 km at 1 Gb/s1 + 1 * 20 = 11
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H “l ” i f ?How “long” is a frame?
• Traveling at the speed of light, a frame can be very long• At 1G, the length of a frame is about 4-kilometers.• At 2G, the length of a frame is about 2-kilometers.• At 4G, the length of a frame is about 1-kilometer.• At 8G, the length of a frame is about 500-meters.• At 16G, the length of a frame is about 200-meters.
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H “f t” i f ?How “fast” is a frame?
• Speed of light in fibreSpeed of light in fibre• 200,000 km/second• 5-microseconds/km
• Transmission Rates in fibre• At 1G, a frame is sent in about 20-microseconds.• At 2G, a frame is sent in about 10-microseconds.t G, a a e s se t about 0 c oseco ds• At 4G, a frame is sent in about 5-microseconds.• At 8G, a frame is sent in about 2.5-microseconds.• At 16G a frame is sent in about 1-microsecond• At 16G, a frame is sent in about 1-microsecond.
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EXCHANGES
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Th t f t i iThe parts of a transmission
• Frame• Building block of an Fibre Channel connection• Contains the information to be transmitted• The address of the source and destination• Control information
• Sequence• A set of one or more related FramesA set of one or more related Frames• Transmitted unidirectionally from one port to an other
• Exchange• An Exchange is one or more nonconcurrent sequences• An Exchange is one or more nonconcurrent sequences• A single operation• May be unidirectional or bidirectional
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Fib Ch l FFibre Channel Frame
The basic building block is the FRAME
SOF Header Payload CRC EOF
4 24 0 – 2048(2112)
4 4
Source/Destination link addressesExchange ID
Protects Frame
Identifies end of a frame
Identifies beginning of a frame
Protocol TypeStart or End of SequenceStart or End of Exchange
Identifies end of a frame
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Fi IU E lFicon IU Examples
SOF Header Ficon CRC EOF
1 Frame IU to transfer a Read CCW
SOF Header Header CRC EOF
SOF Header Ficon Header
CCW Data (2016 bytes) CRC EOF
3 Frame IU to transfer 4K of data
Header
SOF Header CCW Data (2048 bytes) CRC EOF
SOF Header CCW Data (32 bytes)
Ficon CRC CRC EOF
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Urban Legend:FICON f E h Th FCPFICON uses fewer Exchanges Than FCP
• Fibre Channel Architecture defines an Exchange asg• “A mechanism for identifying and managing an operation between
two ports“
• All IUs (a.k.a. Sequences) that make up a single I/O operation are part of an Exchange
• In Ficon, each concurrent I/O operation uses two Exchanges• One unidirectional Exchange for IUs from the Channel to the CU• A different unidirectional Exchange for IUs from the CU to the• A different unidirectional Exchange for IUs from the CU to the
Channel
• The PAIR is commonly know as a “Ficon Exchange”• The PAIR is commonly know as a Ficon Exchange
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S d IUSequences and IUs
• Each Upper Layer Protocol (ULP) defines the contents and format of pp y ( )it’s own Information Units (IUs)• Commands• Data• Status• Control• Etc
• Ficon IUs can be up to 8K (8192) in size• 8160 (8K-32) bytes of data
• 32 bytes contain Ficon Header informationy
• 4 frames are needed for the largest IU• The collection of frame(s) that make up a IU are called a Sequence
• A Sequence may be as small as a single Frame• A Sequence may be as small as a single Frame
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H E h d I d?How many Exchanges do I need?
• Little’s Law states:• The number of “things” in a system can be determined by multiplying the
average arrival rate of those “things” by the average time each “thing” stays in the system.
• Applied to Ficon:• The average number of Exchanges active at any given time =
A erage I/O rate * A erage response timeAverage I/O rate * Average response time
• Example: 5000 Ficon I/Os / Second on a given channel with .4ms service time1 needs 2 Active Exchanges (pairs) at any given timeservice time needs 2 Active Exchanges (pairs) at any given time
1 The amount of time the I/O is active in the channel
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ERROR SENSITIVITY
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Urban Legend:FICON i iti th FCPFICON is more sensitive than FCP
• Is Ficon More Sensitive to Errors than FCP?• Reasons for Link Errors are the same
• Is a Ficon frame more likely to get lost, damaged or corruptedIs a Ficon frame more likely to get lost, damaged or corrupted than FCP?• The probability is the same• Frames are framesFrames are frames
• When a Ficon frame gets lost, damaged or corrupted, is the recovery action different from FCP?recovery action different from FCP?• Both protocols retry when errors occur
• FCP by the Device Driver• Ficon by IOS/ERPy
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S Wh t th Diff ?So What are the Differences?
• z Operating Systemsz Operating Systems tend to provide more detailed messagesg
• Ficon does provide additional debug data and actions• RNID
Source: FC-FS-3 INCITS/T11 Draft Standard v0 92• Link Error Status Blocks• Extensive State Change
Processing
Source: FC FS 3 INCITS/T11 Draft Standard v0.92
See www.t11.org
Processing
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SUMMARYThank you
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SSummary
• Buffer Credits• Distance• Flow Control
• Exchanges• Unidirectional• Bidirectional
• Error Sensitivity• Error Sensitivity• Recovery• Reporting
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SHARE, Orlando, August 2011Buffer-to-Buffer Credits, Exchanges, and Urban Legends
THANK YOU!
Buffer to Buffer Credits, Exchanges, and Urban LegendsSession 9931
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REFERENCES
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S k Bi hSpeaker Biography
• Lou RicciLou Ricci• IBM
• 32-years• 24 years in channel development• 24-years in channel development• An inventor of FICON
• FICON Firmware Team Leader• Contact Information
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S k Bi hSpeaker Biography
• Patty DrieverPatty Driever• IBM• System z I/O and Networking Technologist
• Contact Information• [email protected]
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S k Bi hSpeaker Biography
• Howard L. JohnsonHoward L. Johnson• BROCADE• Technology Architect, FICON
27 t h i l d l t d t• 27 years technical development and management
• Contact Information• howard johnson@brocade [email protected]
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BONUS SLIDES
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S d f Li htSpeed of Light
• 299 792 458 meters per second• In a vacuum• In a vacuum• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/length.cfm• 300 000 000 meters per second
• Common approximation• Wikipedia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light• 1.44 – 1.46
• Refractive index of 1300 nanometer fiber• Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technologyy p y gy
• http://www.rp-photonics.com/refractive_index.html• 1.5
• Common approximation• Wikipedia
• http://en wikipedia org/wiki/Optical fiber#Materialshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber#Materials• 200 000 000 meters per second
• Calculated speed of light in single-mode fiber• V = C/N• 200 000 000 = 300 000 000 / 1.5
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E d t E d C ditEnd to End Credit
• Device to Device Flow ControlDevice to Device Flow Control• Between source and destination
• Not the linksSi il t b ff t b ff fl t l• Similar to buffer-to-buffer flow control• At N_Port Login• Report available receive buffers (EE_Credit)• Transmitter counts buffers transmitted (EE_Credit_CNT)• Receiver acknowledges frame (ACK)
• ACK 1 (a single data frame in a sequence) – most common• ACK n (several (N) consecutive data frames in a sequence)• ACK 0 (all data frames in a sequence) – not used
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Vi t l Ch lVirtual Channels
• Technology to allocate BB Credits to particular data flowsTechnology to allocate BB_Credits to particular data flows• Class F traffic has one data flow• Assigned with Zoning by using special Zone names
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