Data Center Bridging (Dcb); Ethernet Enhancements In Data Center Bridging - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

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Data Center Bridging (DCB)

The data center bridging (DCB) features are supported on the

This chapter describes the following data center bridging topics:

Enabling Data Center Bridging

Configuring Priority-Based Flow Control

Configuring Enhanced Transmission Selection

Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack

Configuring DCBx Operation

Verifying DCB Configuration

PFC and ETS Configuration Examples

Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging

The S4810 and S4820T can support loading two DCB_Config files:

FCoE_DCB_Config

iSCSI_DCB_Config

These files are located in the root directory C:/CONFIG_TEMPLATE. After copying the config files to the

startup config and reloading the system.

The S4810 and S4820T support the following DCB features:

Data center bridging exchange protocol (DCBx)

Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)

Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)

Data center bridging (DCB) refers to a set of IEEE Ethernet enhancements that provide data centers with a

single, robust, converged network to support multiple traffic types, including local area network (LAN),

server, and storage traffic. Through network consolidation, DCB results in reduced operational cost,

simplified management, and easy scalability by avoiding the need to deploy separate application-specific

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