Users Guide

3–Adapter Management Applications
Configuring iSCSI over DCBX
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 NIC traffic only (no iSCSI traffic) without partitioning of the NIC traffic:
Neither Switch Independent Partitioning nor DCBX needs to be used.
 iSCSI traffic only (no NIC traffic):
Neither Switch Independent Partitioning nor DCBX needs to be used.
Table 3-10 summarizes these guidelines.
Table 3-10. Choosing DCBX and Switch Independent Partitioning for
Bandwidth Settings
To run these types of traffic Use these tools
iSCSI
NIC
DCBX
Switch
Independent
Partitioning
Unpartitioned Partitioned
X – – – –
–X–––
– – X – X
XX–X–
X – X X X