Deployment Guide

Table Of Contents
DCB Configuration Exchange................................................................................................................................ 258
Configuration Source Election............................................................................................................................... 258
Propagation of DCB Information...........................................................................................................................259
Auto-Detection and Manual Configuration of the DCBx Version..................................................................259
Behavior of Tagged Packets.................................................................................................................................. 260
Configuration Example for DSCP and PFC Priorities.......................................................................................260
DCBx Example............................................................................................................................................................ 261
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions.................................................................................................................... 261
Configuring DCBx......................................................................................................................................................262
Verifying the DCB Configuration................................................................................................................................ 265
Performing PFC Using DSCP Bits Instead of 802.1p Bits..................................................................................... 274
PFC and ETS Configuration Examples.......................................................................................................................275
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Data Center Traffic..............................................................................................275
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic.........................................................................276
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies................................................................................................. 277
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buffer Method................................................................................277
Configuring the Dynamic Buffer Method.................................................................................................................. 278
Chapter 12: Debugging and Diagnostics..................................................................................... 280
Offline Diagnostics......................................................................................................................................................... 280
Running Port Extender Offline Diagnostics on the Switch.............................................................................280
Running Offline Diagnostics on a Standalone Switch...................................................................................... 286
TRACE Logs..................................................................................................................................................................... 306
Auto Save on Reload, Crash, or Rollover............................................................................................................ 306
Uploading Trace Logs.............................................................................................................................................. 306
Last Restart Reason.......................................................................................................................................................307
show hardware Commands.......................................................................................................................................... 307
Environmental Monitoring.............................................................................................................................................309
Displaying Port Extender Environment Information ......................................................................................... 310
Display Power Supply Status.................................................................................................................................. 310
Display Fan Status......................................................................................................................................................311
Display Transceiver Type..........................................................................................................................................311
Recognize an Over-Temperature Condition........................................................................................................313
Troubleshoot an Over-Temperature Condition.................................................................................................. 313
Troubleshooting Packet Loss....................................................................................................................................... 315
Displaying Drop Counters.........................................................................................................................................316
Displaying Dataplane Statistics...............................................................................................................................317
Displaying Line-Card Counters............................................................................................................................... 318
Accessing Application Core Dumps.............................................................................................................................319
Mini Core Dumps.............................................................................................................................................................320
Full Kernel Core Dumps................................................................................................................................................. 320
Enabling TCP Dumps...................................................................................................................................................... 321
Accessing Port Extender Core and Mini Core Dumps............................................................................................ 321
Chapter 13: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)........................................................ 322
DHCP Packet Format and Options.............................................................................................................................322
Assign an IP Address using DHCP.............................................................................................................................. 323
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................324
Configure the System to be a DHCP Server........................................................................................................... 325
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