Glossary

this case, the WRED or rate shaping configuration in the QoS output policy must take into account the bandwidth allocation
or queue scheduler configured in the DCB map.
Priority-Group Configuration Notes
When you configure priority groups in a DCB map:
● A priority group consists of 802.1p priority values that are grouped together for similar bandwidth allocation and scheduling,
and that share the same latency and loss requirements. All 802.1p priorities mapped to the same queue must be in the same
priority group.
● In a DCB map, each 802.1p priority must map to a priority group.
● The maximum number of priority groups supported in a DCB map on an interface is equal to the number of data queues (4)
on the port. Each priority group can support more than one data queue.
● You can enable PFC on a maximum of two priority queues on an interface.
● If you configure more than one priority group as strict priority, the higher numbered priority queue is given preference when
scheduling data traffic.
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies
ETS supports up to three levels of hierarchical scheduling.
For example, you can apply ETS output policies with the following configurations:
Priority group 1
Assigns traffic to one priority queue with 20% of the link bandwidth and strict-priority scheduling.
Priority group 2 Assigns traffic to one priority queue with 30% of the link bandwidth.
Priority group 3 Assigns traffic to two priority queues with 50% of the link bandwidth and strict-priority scheduling.
In this example, the configured ETS bandwidth allocation and scheduler behavior is as follows:
Unused
bandwidth usage:
Normally, if there is no traffic or unused bandwidth for a priority group, the bandwidth allocated to the
group is distributed to the other priority groups according to the bandwidth percentage allocated to each
group. However, when three priority groups with different bandwidth allocations are used on an interface:
● If priority group 3 has free bandwidth, it is distributed as follows: 20% of the free bandwidth to
priority group 1 and 30% of the free bandwidth to priority group 2.
● If priority group 1 or 2 has free bandwidth, (20 + 30)% of the free bandwidth is distributed to priority
group 3. Priority groups 1 and 2 retain whatever free bandwidth remains up to the (20+ 30)%.
Strict-priority
groups:
If two priority groups have strict-priority scheduling, traffic assigned from the priority group with the
higher priority-queue number is scheduled first. However, when three priority groups are used and two
groups have strict-priority scheduling (such as groups 1 and 3 in the example), the strict priority group
whose traffic is mapped to one queue takes precedence over the strict priority group whose traffic is
mapped to two queues.
Therefore, in this example, scheduling traffic to priority group 1 (mapped to one strict-priority queue) takes precedence over
scheduling traffic to priority group 3 (mapped to two strict-priority queues).
Using ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic
To use ETS for managing converged Ethernet traffic, use the following command:
dcb-map stack-unit all dcb-map-name
Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack
You can apply DCB policies with PFC and ETS configurations to all stacked ports in a switch stack or on a stacked switch.
To apply DCB policies in a switch stack, follow this step.
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