Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.0.0 (53-1002696-01, April 2013)

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DCB configuration management
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DCB configuration management
Depending on the platform, the DCB switch has one of the configurations shown in Table 59.
You must configure DCB interfaces and ports differently than you configure Fibre Channel ports to
effectively use the converged network features.
For example, priority-based flow control (PFC) and Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) are the
two QoS policy enhancements you must configure to create a lossless Ethernet. You then use DCBX
protocol on DCB-enabled devices to exchange configuration information.
The DCB ports are categorized into two types:
• External ports - The eight external ports are the same as the original 10 Gbps Ethernet DCB
ports. The default name in the device tree is ExT <slot>/<port>.
• Internal ports - The default name for the 12 or 14 internal ports is InT <slot>/<port>.
802.1x, LAG configuration, and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) are not supported on internal
ports.
TABLE 59 DCB configurations
Device type Configuration possibilities
IBM blade server • 14 internal 10-Gbps ports for IBM BladeCenter H
(BCH) chassis type
• 12 internal 10-Gbps ports IBM BladeCenter HT
(BCHT) chassis type
• 8 external 10-Gbps DCB ports
• 8 8-Gbps FC ports
Dell embedded switch module
• 16 10-Gbps internal ports
• 8 10-Gbps external ports
• 4 8-Gbps FC ports
Brocade 8000 switch
• 8 16-Gbps FC ports
• 24 10-Gbps Ethernet ports
Brocade FCOE10-24 blade 24 10-Gbps Ethernet ports
Brocade VDX switches
• Brocade VDX 2730 10 Gbps connection blade
• Brocade VDX 6710 switch
• Brocade VDX 6720-24 switch
• Brocade VDX 6720-60 switch
• Brocade VDX 6730-32 switch
• Brocade VDX 6730-74 switch
• Brocade VDX 8770-4 switch
• Brocade VDX 8770-8 switch