Using Pfc To Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic; Configure Enhanced Transmission Selection - Dell S4820T Configuration Manual

NOTE: Although, each port on the S4810, S4820T, and S5000 devices support 8 QoS queues,
you can configure only 4 QoS queues (0-3)to manage data traffic. The remaining 4 queues
(4-7) are reserved for control traffic.
Table 15.
Internal- 0
priority
Queue 0
3. Dot1p->Queue Mapping Configuration is retained at the default value.
Default dot1p-queue mapping is,
Dell#show qos dot1p-queue-mapping
Dot1p Priority : 0
Queue : 0
Default dot1p-queue mapping is,
Dell#show qos dot1p-queue-mapping
Dot1p Priority : 0
Queue : 2
4. Interface Configurations on server connected ports.
a. Enable DCB globally.
Dell(conf)#dcb enable
b. Apply PFC Priority configuration. Configure priorities on which PFC is enabled.
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1)#pfc priority 1,2

Using PFC to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic

To use PFC for managing converged Ethernet traffic, use the following command:
dcb-map stack-unit all dcb-map-name

Configure Enhanced Transmission Selection

ETS provides a way to optimize bandwidth allocation to outbound 802.1p classes of converged Ethernet
traffic.
Different traffic types have different service needs. Using ETS, you can create groups within an 802.1p
priority class to configure different treatment for traffic with different bandwidth, latency, and best-effort
needs.
For example, storage traffic is sensitive to frame loss; interprocess communication (IPC) traffic is latency-
sensitive. ETS allows different traffic types to coexist without interruption in the same converged link by:
• Allocating a guaranteed share of bandwidth to each priority group.
• Allowing each group to exceed its minimum guaranteed bandwidth if another group is not fully using
its allotted bandwidth.
Data Center Bridging (DCB)
1 2 3
0 0 1
1 2 3 4 5
0 0 1 2 3
1 2 3 4 5
0 1 3 4 5
4 5
2 3
6 7
3 3
6 7
6 7
6 7
3 3
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