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Configuring Data Center Bridging Features
PFC Configuration Example
The network in this example handles both data and voice traffic. Because the 
voice traffic is time sensitive, it requires a higher priority than standard data 
traffic. The voice traffic uses VLAN 100 and has an 802.1p priority of 5, which 
is mapped to hardware queue 4. IP phones are connected to ports 3, 5, and 10, 
so PFC is enabled on these ports with 802.1p priority 5 traffic as no-drop. The 
configuration also enables VLAN tagging so that the 802.1p priority is 
identified. This example assumes the voice VLAN (VLAN 100) has already 
been configured. The administrator may need to perform other configuration 
steps to ensure suitable network operation, including configuring the 
bandwidth allocation for the drop and no-drop priorities or to enable or 
disable the DCBX protocol.
Map 802.1p priority 5 to traffic class 4. The following command changes 
the priority to traffic class mapping to be one-to-one, based upon the 
default switch settings. For lossless service, a priority must be mapped one-
to-one to a traffic class. For more information about traffic classes, see 
"Configuring Class-of-Service" on page 1313. For a complete example of 
manually configuring a N4000 switch for iSCSI with PFC, refer to "iSCSI 
console#configure
console(config)#classofservice dot1p-mapping 5 4
Enter Interface Configuration mode for ports 3, 5, and 10, and then enter 
Data Center Bridging mode for these ports.
console(config)#interface range te1/0/3, te1/0/5, 
te1/0/10
console(config-if)#datacenter-bridging
Enable PFC and configure traffic marked with 802.1p priority 5 to be 
paused rather than dropped when congestion occurs.
console(config-dcb)#priority-flow-control mode on
console(config-dcb)#priority-flow-control 
priority 5 no-drop
 
CAUTION: All ports may be briefly shutdown when modifying either flow 
control (FC) or PFC settings. PFC uses a control packet defined in 
802.1Qbb and is not compatible with IEEE 802.3 Annex 31B flow 
control.