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DCB configuration management

DCB configuration management

Depending on the platform, the DCB switch has one of the configurations shown in
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Device type
IBM blade server
Dell embedded switch module
Brocade 8000 switch
Brocade FCOE10-24 blade
Brocade VDX switches
You must configure DCB interfaces and ports differently than you configure Fibre Channel ports to
effectively use the converged network features.
For example, priority-based flow control (PFC) and Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) are the
two QoS policy enhancements you must configure to create a lossless Ethernet. You then use DCBX
protocol on DCB-enabled devices to exchange configuration information.
The DCB ports are categorized into two types:
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•
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DCB configurations
External ports - The eight external ports are the same as the original 10 Gbps Ethernet DCB
ports. The default name in the device tree is ExT <slot>/<port>.
Internal ports - The default name for the 12 or 14 internal ports is InT <slot>/<port>.
802.1x, LAG configuration, and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) are not supported on internal
ports.
Configuration possibilities
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14 internal 10-Gbps ports for IBM BladeCenter H
(BCH) chassis type
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12 internal 10-Gbps ports IBM BladeCenter HT
(BCHT) chassis type
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8 external 10-Gbps DCB ports
•
8 8-Gbps FC ports
•
16 10-Gbps internal ports
•
8 10-Gbps external ports
•
4 8-Gbps FC ports
•
8 16-Gbps FC ports
•
24 10-Gbps Ethernet ports
24 10-Gbps Ethernet ports
•
Brocade VDX 2730 10 Gbps connection blade
•
Brocade VDX 6710 switch
•
Brocade VDX 6720-24 switch
•
Brocade VDX 6720-60 switch
•
Brocade VDX 6730-32 switch
•
Brocade VDX 6730-74 switch
•
Brocade VDX 8770-4 switch
•
Brocade VDX 8770-8 switch
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