Reference Guide
Congure priority to priority group mapping from priority 0 to priority 7 in order.
4. Exit the DCB MAP conguration mode.
DCB-MAP mode
exit
5. Enter interface conguration mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
interface type slot/port
6. Apply the dcb-map with PFC and ETS congurations to both ingress and egress interfaces.
INTERFACE mode
dcb-map map-name
7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 on all PFC and ETS enabled interfaces to ensure lossless trac service.
NOTE: All these congurations are available only in PMUX mode and you cannot perform these congurations in
Standalone mode.
Dell Networking OS Behavior: As soon as you apply a DCB MAPwith PFC enabled on an interface, DCBx starts exchanging
information with PFC-enabled peers. The IEEE802.1Qbb, CEE, and CIN versions of PFC Type, Length, Value (TLV) are supported.
DCBx also validates PFC congurations that are received in TLVs from peer devices.
By applying a DCB MAP with PFC enabled, you enable PFC operation on ingress port trac. To achieve complete lossless handling
of trac, also enable PFC on all DCB egress ports or congure the dot1p priority-queue assignment of PFC priorities to lossless
queues.
To remove a DCB MAP, including the PFC and ETS congurations it contains, use the no dcb-map map-name command in
INTERFACE Conguration mode.
You can enable any number of 802.1p priorities for PFC. Queues to which PFC priority trac is mapped are lossless by default. Trac
may be interrupted due to an interface ap (going down and coming up) when you recongure the lossless queues for no-drop
priorities in a PFC dcb-map and reapply the policy to an interface.
To apply PFC, a PFC peer must support the congured priority trac (as detected by DCBx).
To honor a PFC pause frame multiplied by the number of PFC-enabled ingress ports, the minimum link delay must be greater than
the round-trip transmission time the peer requres.
If you apply dcb-map with PFC disabled (no pfc mode on):
• You can enable link-level ow control on the interface. To delete the dcb-map, rst disable link-level ow control. PFC is then
automatically enabled on the interface because an interface is by default PFC-enabled.
• PFC still allows you to congure lossless queues on a port to ensure no-drop handling of lossless trac.
NOTE: You cannot enable PFC and link-level ow control at the same time on an interface.
When you apply a dcb-map to an interface, an error message displays if:
• The PFC dot1p priorities result in more than two lossless port queues globally on the switch.
• Link-level ow control is already enabled. You cannot be enable PFC and link-level ow control at the same time on an interface.
• In a switch stack, congure all stacked ports with the same PFC conguration.
A DCB MAP for PFC applied to an interface may become invalid if you recongure dot1p-queue mapping. This situation occurs when
the new dot1p-queue assignment exceeds the maximum number (2) of lossless queues supported globally on the switch. In this
case, all PFC congurations received from PFC-enabled peers are removed and resynchronized with the peer devices.
Trac may be interrupted when you recongure PFC no-drop priorities in a dcb-map or reapply the dcb-map to an interface.
Data Center Bridging (DCB)
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