Users Guide
Version Description
9.3(0.0) Introduced on the S4810, S4820T, and S6000 platforms.
Usage Information
Congure the maximum shared buer available for PFC trac. You can choose to increase or decrease the shared 
buer that is allocated in the system by default. Congure the shared buer size less than the total PFC buer 
size. If the shared buer size is more than the total PFC buer size value, the conguration is not saved and a 
system logging message is generated.
Dell(conf)#dcb pfc-shared-buffer-size 3000
% Error: Shared buffer size cannot be greater than the the available buffer in 
the system
Dell(conf)#
Enter a smaller value for the shared buer size or increase the total buer size appropriately by using the dcb 
pfc-total- buffer-size command.
Example
Dell(conf)#dcb pfc-shared-buffer-size 800 
dcb pfc-headroom-buer-size
Congure a shared head room pool limit, which is the threshold value for the shared head room pool size.
Syntax
dcb pfc-headroom-buffer-size buffer-size
To undo the shared head room pool limit conguration, use the no dcb pfc-headroom-buffer-size 
buffer-size command.
Parameters
buer-size Enter the maximum buer value that you want to allocate for the shared head room pool. 
Each lossless Priority or Priority Group can use up to the peak head room congured for 
that particular priority from the shared head room congured. The range is from 0 to 
3399.
Defaults 1040 KB.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking 
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.11(2.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON and S6100-ON.
Example
dcb-buer-threshold 
Congure the prole name for the DCB buer threshold.
Syntax
dcb buffer—threshold
Parameters
prole-name Enter the name of the prole, which can be a string of up to 32 characters in length.
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