Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters User Manual

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license

Displays dcbtool license information.

quit

exit from interactive mode.

The following commands interact with the lldpad daemon to manage the dae-mon and DCB features on DCB capable

interfaces.

lldpad general configuration commands:

<gc|go>

dcbx

Gets the configured or operational version of the DCB capabilities exchange protocol. If different, the configured

version will take effect (and become the operational version) after dcbd is restarted.

sc dcbx

v:[1|2]

Sets the version of the DCB capabilities exchange protocol which will be used the next time dcbd is started.

Information about version 2 can be found at:

http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/az-wadekar-dcbx-

capability-exchange-discovery-protocol-1108-v1.01.pdf

.

DCB-per interface commands:

go <ifname> <feature>

Gets configuration of feature on interface ifname.

go <ifname> <feature>

Gets operational status of feature on interface ifname.

gp <ifname> <feature>

Gets peer configuration of feature on interface ifname.

sc <ifname> <feature> <args>

Sets the configuration of feature on interface ifname.

Feature may be one of the following:

dcb

DCB state of the port

pg

Priority Groups

pfc

Priority Flow Control

app:<subtype>

Application Specific Data

ll:<subtype>

Logical Link Status

Subtype can be:

0|fcoe Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Args can include:

e:<0|1>

Controls feature enable.

a:<0|1>

Controls whether the feature is advertised via DCBX to the peer.

w:<0|1>

Controls whether the feature is willing to change its operational configuration based on what is

received from the peer.

[feature specific args]

Arguments specific to a DCB feature.

Feature specific arguments for dcb:

On/off enable or disable for the interface. The go and gp commands are not needed for the dcb feature. Also, the enable,

advertise and willing parameters are not required.

Feature specific arguments for pg:

pgid:xxxxxxxx

Priority Group ID for the 8 priorities. From left to right (priorities 0-7), x is the corresponding Priority

Group ID value, which can be 0-7 for Priority Groups with bandwidth allocations or f (Priority Group

ID 15) for the unrestricted Priority Group.
Priority Group percentage of link bandwidth. From left to right (Priority Groups 0-7), x is the

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