Disabling The Hardware Packet Drop - Cisco SCE8000 Configuration Manual

Chapter 6 Configuring the Line Interface
The user can disable the drop-wred-packets-by-hardware mode. This allows the application to access
existing per-flow counters. The application can then retrieve the number of dropped packets for every
flow and provide the user with better visibility into the exact number of dropped packets and their
distribution.
Counting all dropped packets has a considerable effect on system performance, and therefore, by default,
Note
the drop-wred-packets-by-hardware mode is enabled.

Disabling the Hardware Packet Drop

Use this command to disable the drop-wred-packets-by-hardware mode, enabling the software to count
all dropped packets.
By default hardware packet drop is enabled.
Disabling this feature may have both delay and performance implications.
Note
From the SCE(config if)# prompt, type no accelerate-packet-drops and press Enter.
Step 1
Disables hardware packet drop.
To enable hardware packet drop, use the following command:
From the SCE(config if)# prompt, type accelerate-packet-drops and press Enter.
Step 1
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