DELL S6000-ON User Manual

Configuring DCBx

To configure DCBx, follow these steps.
For DCBx, to advertise DCBx TLVs to peers, enable LLDP. For more information, refer to 

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1.

Configure ToR- and FCF-facing interfaces as auto-upstream ports.

2.

Configure server-facing interfaces as auto-downstream ports.

3.

Configure a port to operate in a configuration-source role.

4.

Configure ports to operate in a manual role.

1.

Enter INTERFACE Configuration mode.
CONFIGURATION mode

interface type slot/port/subport

2. Enter LLDP Configuration mode to enable DCBx operation.

INTERFACE mode

[no] protocol lldp

3. Configure the DCBx version used on the interface, where: auto configures the port to operate using 

the DCBx version received from a peer.
PROTOCOL LLDP mode

[no] DCBx version {auto | cee | cin | ieee-v2.5}

• cee: configures the port to use CEE (Intel 1.01).
• cin: configures the port to use Cisco-Intel-Nuova (DCBx 1.0).
• ieee-v2.5: configures the port to use IEEE 802.1Qaz (Draft 2.5).

The default is Auto.

4. Configure the DCBx port role the interface uses to exchange DCB information.

PROTOCOL LLDP mode

[no] DCBx port-role {config-source | auto-downstream | auto-upstream | 
manual}

• auto-upstream: configures the port to receive a peer configuration. The configuration source is 

elected from auto-upstream ports.

• auto-downstream: configures the port to accept the internally propagated DCB configuration 

from a configuration source.

• config-source: configures the port to serve as the configuration source on the switch.
• manual: configures the port to operate only on administer-configured DCB parameters. The port 

does not accept a DCB configuration received from a peer or a local configuration source.

The default is Manual.

5. On manual ports only: Configure the PFC and ETS TLVs advertised to DCBx peers.

PROTOCOL LLDP mode

Data Center Bridging (DCB)

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