Users Guide

Using PFC to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic.........................................................................................237
Operations on Untagged Packets.......................................................................................................................237
Generation of PFC for a Priority for Untagged Packets.................................................................................238
Configure Enhanced Transmission Selection..................................................................................................238
ETS Prerequisites and Restrictions................................................................................................................238
Creating an ETS Priority Group..................................................................................................................... 238
ETS Operation with DCBx.............................................................................................................................. 239
Configuring Bandwidth Allocation for DCBx CIN.....................................................................................240
Configuring ETS in a DCB Map......................................................................................................................241
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies..............................................................................................242
Using ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic......................................................................................... 243
Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack...........................................................................................................243
Configure a DCBx Operation.............................................................................................................................. 243
DCBx Operation............................................................................................................................................... 243
DCBx Port Roles............................................................................................................................................... 244
DCB Configuration Exchange....................................................................................................................... 245
Configuration Source Election......................................................................................................................245
Propagation of DCB Information..................................................................................................................246
Auto-Detection and Manual Configuration of the DCBx Version.........................................................246
DCBx Example...................................................................................................................................................247
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions............................................................................................................ 247
Configuring DCBx............................................................................................................................................ 247
Verifying the DCB Configuration.........................................................................................................................251
QoS dot1p Traffic Classification and Queue Assignment............................................................................. 259
Configuring the Dynamic Buffer Method.........................................................................................................260
Sample DCB Configuration.................................................................................................................................. 261
PFC and ETS Configuration Command Examples.................................................................................... 262
12 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)...........................................................................................263
DHCP Packet Format and Options.....................................................................................................................263
Assign an IP Address using DHCP.......................................................................................................................265
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................... 266
Configure the System to be a DHCP Server.................................................................................................... 266
Configuring the Server for Automatic Address Allocation...................................................................... 267
Specifying a Default Gateway........................................................................................................................268
Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution.......................................................................................... 269
Using DNS for Address Resolution............................................................................................................... 269
Using NetBIOS WINS for Address Resolution............................................................................................ 269
Creating Manual Binding Entries...................................................................................................................269
Debugging the DHCP Server......................................................................................................................... 270
Using DHCP Clear Commands..................................................................................................................... 270
Configure the System to be a DHCP Client..................................................................................................... 270
Configuring the DHCP Client System.......................................................................................................... 271
DHCP Client on a Management Interface.................................................................................................. 272
DHCP Client Operation with Other Features............................................................................................. 273
Configure the System for User Port Stacking (Option 230)..........................................................................274
Configure Secure DHCP.......................................................................................................................................274
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