Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s User Manual

Page 108

Advertising
background image

Field

Description

Interface

Interface type with stack-unit and port number.

Admin mode is
on, Admin is
enabled

PFC mode: on or off. Priority list: list of the configured PFC
priorities (if any). When the PFC admin mode is on, PFC
advertisements are enabled to be sent and received from
peers.

Remote is
enabled, Priority
list, Remote
Willing Status is
enabled

Remote Admin mode: (enabled if a valid TLV was received
or disabled). Priority list: list of the configured PFC priorities
(if any). Remote Willing Status: Willing bit received in PFC
TLVs from the remote peer.

Local is enabled

Local PFC configuration including the mode and the list of
PFC priorities configured.

Operational status
(local port)

Port state for current operational PFC configuration:

• Init: Local PFC configuration parameters were

exchanged with the peer.

• Recommend: Remote PFC configuration parameters

were received from the peer.

• Internally propagated: PFC configuration

parameters were received from the configuration

source.

PFC DCBX Oper
status

Operational status for the exchange of the PFC
configuration on the local port: match (up) or mismatch
(down).

Reason

Reason displayed when the DCBx operational status for PFC
on a port is down.

State Machine
Type

Type of state machine used for DCBX exchanges of the PFC
parameters: Feature — for legacy DCBX versions; Symmetric
— for an IEEE version.

TLV Tx Status

Status of the PFC TLV advertisements: enabled or disabled.

PFC Link Delay

Link delay (in quanta) used to pause specified priority traffic.

Application
Priority TLV: FCOE
TLV Tx Status

Status of FCoE advertisements in application priority TLVs
from the local DCBX port: enabled or disabled.

Application
Priority TLV: SCSI
TLV Tx Status

Status of ISCSI advertisements in application priority TLVs
from the local DCBX port: enabled or disabled.

Application
Priority TLV: Local
FCOE Priority Map

Priority bitmap used by the local DCBX port in FCoE
advertisements in application priority TLVs.

108

Advertising