Administrator Guide

interface type slot/port[/subport]
2 Congure the port queues that will still function as no-drop queues for lossless trac.
INTERFACE mode
pfc no-drop queues queue-range
For the dot1p-queue assignments, refer to the dot1p Priority-Queue Assignment table.
The maximum number of lossless queues globally supported on the switch is two.
The range is from 0 to 3. Separate the queue values with a comma; specify a priority range with a dash; for example, pfc no-drop
queues 1,3 or pfc no-drop queues 2-3.
The default: No lossless queues are congured.
NOTE: Dell Networking OS Behavior: By default, no lossless queues are congured on a
port.
A limit of two lossless queues is supported on a port. If the amount of priority trac that you congure to be paused exceeds the two
lossless queues, an error message displays.
Conguring PFC in a DCB Map
A switch supports the use of a DCB map in which you congure priority-based ow control (PFC) setting. To congure PFC parameters,
you must apply a DCB map on an interface.
PFC Conguration Notes
PFC provides ow control based on the 802.1p priorities in a converged Ethernet trac that is received on an interface and is enabled by
default when you enable DCB. As an enhancement to the existing Ethernet pause functionality, PFC stops trac transmission for specied
priorities (CoS values) without impacting other priority classes. Dierent trac types are assigned to dierent priority classes.
When trac congestion occurs, PFC sends a pause frame to a peer device with the CoS priority values of the trac that needs to be
stopped. DCBx provides the link-level exchange of PFC parameters between peer devices. PFC allows network administrators to create
zero-loss links for SAN trac that requires no-drop service, while at the same time retaining packet-drop congestion management for LAN
trac.
On a switch, PFC is enabled by default on Ethernet ports (pfc mode on command). You can congure PFC parameters using a DCB
map or the
pfc priority command in Interface conguration mode. For more information, see Conguring Priority-Based Flow Control.
As soon as you apply a DCB map with PFC enabled on an interface, DCBx starts exchanging information with a peer. The IEEE802.1Qbb,
CEE and CIN versions of PFC TLV are supported. DCBx also validates PFC congurations that are received in TLVs from peer devices. By
applying a DCB map with PFC enabled, you enable PFC operations on ingress port trac. To achieve complete lossless handling of trac,
congure PFC priorities on all DCB egress ports.
When you apply or remove a DCB input policy from an interface, one or two CRC errors are expected to be noticed on the ingress ports for
each removal or attachment of the policy. This behavior occurs because the port is brought down when PFC is congured. When a DCB
input policy with PFC prole is congured or uncongured on an interface or a range of interfaces not receiving any trac, interfaces with
PFC settings that receive appropriate PFC-enabled trac (unicast, mixed-frame-size trac) display incremental values in the CRC and
discards counters. (These ingress interfaces receiving pfc-enabled trac have an egress interface that has a compatible PFC
conguration).
NOTE
: DCB maps are supported only on physical Ethernet interfaces.
• To remove a DCB map, including the PFC conguration it contains, use the no dcb map command in Interface conguration mode.
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