Users Guide

Parameters
cong-source |
auto-downstream |
auto-upstream |
manual
Enter the DCBX port role, where:
• config-source: congures the port to serve as the conguration source on
the switch.
• auto-upstream: congures the port to receive a peer conguration. The
conguration source is elected from auto-upstream ports.
•
auto-downstream: congures the port to accept the internally propagated
DCB conguration from a conguration source.
• manual: congures the port to operate only on administer-congured DCB
parameters. The port does not accept a DCB conguration received form a
peer or a local conguration source.
Defaults Manual
Command Modes INTERFACE PROTOCOL LLDP
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.3.16.0 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information
DCBX requires that you enable LLDP to advertise DCBX TLVs to peers.
Congure DCBX operation at the INTERFACE level on a switch or globally on the switch. To verify the
DCBX conguration on a port, use the show interface dcbx detail command.
dcbx version
Congure the DCBX version used on the interface.
Syntax
dcbx version {auto | cee | cin | ieee-v2.5}
To remove the DCBX version, use the dcbx version {auto | cee | cin | ieee-v2.5}
command.
Parameters
auto | cee | cin |
ieee-v2.5
Enter the DCBX version type used on the interface, where:
• auto: congures the port to operate using the DCBX version received from a
peer.
• cee: congures the port to use CDD (Intel 1.01).
•
cin: congures the port to use Cisco-Intel-Nuova (DCBX 1.0).
• ieee-v2: congures the port to use IEEE 802.1az (Draft 2.5).
Data Center Bridging (DCB)
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