3–Adapter Management Applications
Configuring iSCSI over DCBX
NIC traffic only (no iSCSI traffic) without partitioning of the NIC traffic:
Neither Switch Independent Partitioning nor DCBX needs to be used.
iSCSI traffic only (no NIC traffic):
Neither Switch Independent Partitioning nor DCBX needs to be used.
Table 3-10
Table 3-10. Choosing DCBX and Switch Independent Partitioning for
iSCSI
summarizes these guidelines.
To run these types of traffic
Unpartitioned
X
–
–
X
–
–
X
X
X
–
Bandwidth Settings
NIC
Partitioned
–
–
X
–
X
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Use these tools
Switch
DCBX
Independent
Partitioning
–
–
–
–
–
X
X
–
X
X
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