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DCB configuration management

Depending on the platform, the DCB switch has one of the configurations shown in

Table 60

.

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 of FOS DCB devices are categorized into two types:

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.

TABLE 60

DCB configurations

Device type

Configuration possibilities

IBM blade server

14 internal 10-Gbps ports for IBM BladeCenter H
(BCH) chassis type

12 internal 10-Gbps ports IBM BladeCenter HT
(BCHT) chassis type

8 external 10-Gbps DCB ports

8 8-Gbps FC ports

Dell embedded switch module

16 10-Gbps internal ports

8 10-Gbps external ports

4 8-Gbps FC ports

Fabric OS DCB switch

8 16-Gbps FC ports

24 10-Gbps Ethernet ports

Fabric OS FCOE10-24 blade

24 10-Gbps Ethernet ports

Network OS VDX switches

Network OS VDX 2730 10 Gbps connection blade

Network OS VDX 6710 switch

Network OS VDX 6720-24 switch

Network OS VDX 6720-60 switch

Network OS VDX 6730-32 switch

Network OS VDX 6730-76 switch

Network OS VDX 6740 switch

Network OS VDX 6740T switch

Network OS VDX 8770-4 switch

Network OS VDX 8770-8 switch

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