Administrator Guide

dcbx port-role
Configure the DCBX port role the interface uses to exchange DCB information.
Syntax
dcbx port-role {config-source | auto-downstream | auto-upstream
| manual}
To remove DCBX port role, use the no dcbx port-role {config-source |
auto-downstream | auto-upstream | manual} command.
Parameters
config-source |
auto-
downstream |
auto-upstream
| manual
Enter the DCBX port role, where:
• config-source: configures the port to serve as the
configuration source on the switch.
• 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.
• manual: configures the port to operate only on
administer-configured DCB parameters. The port does
not accept a DCB configuration received form a peer or a
local configuration source.
Defaults Manual
Command
Modes
INTERFACE PROTOCOL LLDP
Command
History
Version 9.3.0.0 Introduced on the FC Flex IO module installed in the M I/O
Aggregator and MXL 10/40GbE Switch
Usage
Information
DCBX requires that you enable LLDP to advertise DCBX TLVs to peers.
Configure DCBX operation at the INTERFACE level on a switch or globally on the
switch. To verify the DCBX configuration on a port, use the show interface
dcbx detail
command.
dcbx version
Configure the DCBX version used on the interface.
Syntax
dcbx version {auto | cee | cin | ieee-v2.5}
To remove the DCBX version, use the dcbx version {auto | cee | cin |
ieee-v2.5} command.
Parameters
auto | cee | cin
| ieee-v2.5
Enter the DCBX version type used on the interface, where:
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