Users Guide

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29 Data Center Bridging Features . . . . . . 1101
Data Center Bridging Technology Overview . . . . . 1101
Default DCB Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102
Priority Flow Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103
PFC Operation and Behavior
. . . . . . . . . . . 1103
Configuring PFC Using the Web Interface . . . . 1104
Configuring PFC Using the CLI
. . . . . . . . . . 1106
PFC Configuration Example
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1108
DCB Capability Exchange
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1110
Interoperability with IEEE DCBx
. . . . . . . . . 1111
DCBx and Port Roles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111
Configuration Source Port Selection
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113
Disabling DCBX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114
Configuring DCBx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115
Enhanced Transmission Selection . . . . . . . . . . 1117
ETS Operation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1120
ETS Configuration Example
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1121
ETS Theory of Operation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127
30 MAC Addressing and Forwarding . . . . 1133
MAC Address Table Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133
How Is the Address Table Populated?
. . . . . . 1133
What Information Is in the MAC Address
Table?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1134
How Is the MAC Address Table Maintained
Across a Stack?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1134
Default MAC Address Table Values
. . . . . . . . . . 1134