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FCoE configuration tasks

• QoS

• LLDP-DCBX

FIGURE 47 Switch Administration DCB subtabs

FCoE configuration tasks

There are several tasks related to FCoE configuration. The following list describes the high level

tasks in a suggested order:

• Quality of Service (QoS) configuration (optional)—If you intend to implement a specific QoS

scheme to prioritize data traffic, it is recommended that you finish your QoS configuration

before you begin port configuration. QoS values are referenced when you configure ports.

• LLDP-DCBX configuration (optional)—If you intend to implement DCBX, it is recommended that

you finish LLDP-DCBX configuration before you configure ports. LLDP-DCBX values are

referenced when you configure ports.

• DCB interface configuration (mandatory).

• Link Aggregation Group (LAG) configuration (mandatory)—Ports must be configured before they

can be placed into a LAG. The parameters applied to the LAG reflects on each port that is

member of the LAG.

• VLAN configuration (optional)—Port and LAG names are referenced in VLAN configuration, and

must be defined before you can successfully complete a VLAN configuration.

• Login group configuration (optional)—Login group configuration is not dependent on any of the

previous configurations. It can be done as a separate task.

Quality of Service configuration

As a general concept, Quality of Service (QoS) is a mechanism for classifying and scheduling data

traffic based on priority settings. QoS can be used to control traffic congestion, allocate bandwidth,

and carry data traffic with different characteristics over a common interface.

The following two configuration options are available:

• You can edit the DCB map. The DCB map defines priority and priority group tables that support

Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS). ETS allows allocation of bandwidth to different traffic

classes. DCB maps also allow you to enable Priority Flow Control (PFC).

• You can create a traffic class map. A traffic class map can be used to map a specific class of

traffic to a specific Class of Service (CoS).