Reference Guide

Applying an ETS Output Policy for a Priority Group to an Interface........................................ 284
ETS Operation with DCBx...........................................................................................................285
Configuring Bandwidth Allocation for DCBx CIN..................................................................... 286
Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack......................................................................................... 286
Applying DCB Policies with an ETS Configuration.......................................................................... 287
Configure a DCBx Operation........................................................................................................... 287
DCBx Operation..........................................................................................................................288
DCBx Port Roles..........................................................................................................................288
DCB Configuration Exchange.................................................................................................... 290
Configuration Source Election...................................................................................................290
Propagation of DCB Information................................................................................................291
Auto-Detection and Manual Configuration of the DCBx Version.............................................291
DCBx Example.............................................................................................................................292
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions..........................................................................................292
Configuring DCBx.......................................................................................................................292
Verifying the DCB Configuration......................................................................................................297
PFC and ETS Configuration Examples.............................................................................................308
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Data Center Traffic........................................................................ 308
PFC and ETS Configuration Command Examples.....................................................................310
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic in a Switch Stack......................... 311
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies......................................................................... 311
Configuring DCB Maps and its Attributes.........................................................................................312
DCB Map: Configuration Procedure.......................................................................................... 312
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................313
Applying a DCB Map on a Port................................................................................................... 314
Configuring PFC without a DCB Map.........................................................................................314
Configuring Lossless Queues..................................................................................................... 315
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buffer Method.......................................................... 316
Pause and Resume of Traffic...................................................................................................... 316
Buffer Sizes for Lossless or PFC Packets.................................................................................... 317
Interworking of DCB Map With DCB Buffer Threshold Settings..................................................... 317
Configuring the Dynamic Buffer Method.........................................................................................318
14 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).......................................... 321
DHCP Packet Format and Options...................................................................................................321
Assign an IP Address using DHCP.................................................................................................... 323
Implementation Information............................................................................................................324
Configure the System to be a DHCP Server.................................................................................... 325
Configuring the Server for Automatic Address Allocation........................................................ 325
Specifying a Default Gateway.....................................................................................................327
Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution...........................................................................327
Using DNS for Address Resolution............................................................................................. 327