Enhanced forward explicit congestion notification (E-FECN) Scheme for Datacenter Ethernet Networks

  • Chakchai So-In
  • , Raj Jain
  • , Jinjing Jiang

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5 Scopus citations

Abstract

Ethernet is replacing the traditional storage networking technologies like Fiber Channel and Infiniband in Datacenters. The key feature of these traditional technologies that make them suitable for datacenter is their low-loss low-delay operation. Consequently IEEE 802.1 standards committee is developing new specification for congestion management for Ethernet in datacenter networks. Backward Congestion Notification (BCN) and Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (FECN) are two initial proposals. Each of the proposals has its own advantages and disadvantages. FECN outperforms BCN in fairness and response time while BCN is able to respond to sudden increases in load in less than a round trip time. In this paper, we propose an enhanced version of FECN that takes the best of both proposals and adds BCN if there is a sudden severe congestion. It is shown that E-FECN performs better than the previous proposals.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems 2008, SPECTS 2008, Part of the 2008 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2008
Pages542-546
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2008
EventInternational Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems 2008, SPECTS 2008, Part of the 2008 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2008 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: Jun 16 2008Jun 19 2008

Publication series

NameInternational Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems 2008, SPECTS 2008, Part of the 2008 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2008

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems 2008, SPECTS 2008, Part of the 2008 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period06/16/0806/19/08

Keywords

  • BCN
  • Congestion control
  • Congestion notification
  • DCN
  • Enhanced FECN
  • FECN

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