Users Guide
Step Task Command Command Mode
fortygigabitEthernet slot/
port}
2
Open a DCB map and enter DCB map conguration
mode.
dcb-map name
INTERFACE
3
Disable PFC.
no pfc mode on
DCB MAP
4
Return to interface conguration mode.
exit
DCB MAP
5
Apply the DCB map, created to disable the PFC
operation, on the interface
dcb-map {name | default}
INTERFACE
6
Congure the port queues that still function as no-drop
queues for lossless trac. For the dot1p-queue
assignments.
The maximum number of lossless queues globally
supported on a port is 2.
You cannot congure PFC no-drop queues on an
interface on which a DCB map with PFC enabled has
been applied, or which is already congured for PFC
using the pfc priority command.
Range: 0-3. Separate queue values with a comma;
specify a priority range with a dash; for example: pfc no-
drop queues 1,3 or pfc no-drop queues 2-3 Default: No
lossless queues are congured.
pfc no-drop
queuesqueue-range
INTERFACE
Behavior of Tagged Packets
The below is example for enabling PFC for priority 2 for tagged packets. Priority (Packet Dot1p) 2 will be mapped to PG6 on
PRIO2PG setting. All other Priorities for which PFC is not enabled are mapped to default PG – PG7.
Classication rules on ingress (Ingress FP CAM region) matches incoming packet-dot1p and assigns an internal priority (to select
queue as per Table 1 and Table 2).
The internal Priority assigned for the packet by Ingress FP is used by the memory management unit (MMU) to assign the packet to
right queue by indexing the internal-priority to queue map table (TABLE 1) in hardware.
PRIO2COS setting for honoring the PFC protocol packets from the Peer switches is as per above Packet-Dot1p->queue table (Table
2).
The packets come in with packet-dot1p 2 alone are assign to PG6 on ingress.
The packets come in with packet-dot1p 2 alone use Q1 (as per dot1p to Queue classication – Table 2) on the egress port.
• When Peer sends a PFC message for Priority 2, based on above PRIO2COS table (TABLE 2), Queue 1 is halted.
• Queue 1 starts buering the packets with Dot1p 2. This causes PG6 buer counter to increase on the ingress, since P-dot1p 2 is
mapped to PG6.
• As the PG6 watermark threshold is reached, PFC generats for dot1p 2.
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