Users Guide

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 no 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:
• auto: configures the port to operate using the DCBX version received from a peer.
• 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 802.1az (Draft 2.5).
Defaults Auto
Command Modes INTERFACE PROTOCOL LLDP
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
9.3(0.0) Introduced on the FC Flex IO module installed in the M I/O Aggregator.
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.
debug dcbx
Enable DCBX debugging.
Syntax
debug dcbx {all | auto-detect-timer | config-exchng | fail | mgmt | resource |
sem | tlv}
To disable DCBX debugging, use the no debug dcbx command.
Parameters
{all | auto-detect-
timer | config-
Enter the type of debugging, where:
• all: enables all DCBX debugging operations.
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