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Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048–ON System 9.14.2.5

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Enabling Drop Eligibility

Enable drop eligibility globally before you can honor or mark the DEI value.

When you enable drop eligibility, DEI mapping or marking takes place according to the defaults. In this case, the CFI is affected according to the following table.
Table 1. Drop Eligibility BehaviorDrop Eligibility Behavior
Ingress Egress DEI Disabled DEI Enabled
Normal Port Normal Port Retain CFI Set CFI to 0.
Trunk Port Trunk Port Retain inner tag CFI Retain inner tag CFI.
Retain outer tag CFI Set outer tag CFI to 0.
Access Port Trunk Port Retain inner tag CFI Retain inner tag CFI
Set outer tag CFI to 0 Set outer tag CFI to 0

To enable drop eligibility globally, use the following command.

Make packets eligible for dropping based on their DEI value.
CONFIGURATION mode
dei enable
By default, packets are colored green, and DEI is marked 0 on egress.

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