ETS Prerequisites and Restrictions........................................................................................................................275
Priority-Group Conguration Notes.......................................................................................................................276
Conguring Priority-Based Flow Control.................................................................................................................... 276
Conguring Lossless Queues..................................................................................................................................277
Conguring Enhanced Transmission Selection...........................................................................................................277
Creating an ETS Priority Group..............................................................................................................................278
ETS Operation with DCBx...................................................................................................................................... 279
Congure a DCBx Operation........................................................................................................................................ 279
DCBx Operation....................................................................................................................................................... 279
DCBx Port Roles...................................................................................................................................................... 280
DCB Conguration Exchange................................................................................................................................. 281
Conguration Source Election................................................................................................................................ 281
Propagation of DCB Information............................................................................................................................282
Auto-Detection and Manual Conguration of the DCBx Version...................................................................... 282
Behavior of Tagged Packets...................................................................................................................................283
Conguration Example for DSCP and PFC Priorities..........................................................................................283
DCBx Example..........................................................................................................................................................284
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions.....................................................................................................................285
Conguring DCBx....................................................................................................................................................285
Verifying the DCB Conguration................................................................................................................................. 288
Performing PFC Using DSCP Bits Instead of 802.1p Bits.........................................................................................298
PFC and ETS Conguration Examples........................................................................................................................298
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Data Center Trac................................................................................................. 299
PFC and ETS Conguration Command Examples.............................................................................................. 300
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Trac.............................................................................300
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies....................................................................................................301
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buer Method.................................................................................... 301
Pause and Resume of Trac.................................................................................................................................. 301
Buer Sizes for Lossless or PFC Packets............................................................................................................ 302
Conguring the Dynamic Buer Method................................................................................................................... 302
12 Debugging and Diagnostics...................................................................................................................... 304
Oine Diagnostics.........................................................................................................................................................304
Running Port Extender Oine Diagnostics on the Switch.................................................................................304
Running Oine Diagnostics on a Standalone Switch...........................................................................................311
TRACE Logs.................................................................................................................................................................... 331
Auto Save on Reload, Crash, or Rollover.............................................................................................................. 332
Uploading Trace Logs.............................................................................................................................................. 332
Last Restart Reason......................................................................................................................................................332
show hardware Commands.......................................................................................................................................... 333
Environmental Monitoring.............................................................................................................................................335
Displaying Port Extender Environment Information ........................................................................................... 335
Display Power Supply Status..................................................................................................................................335
Display Fan Status................................................................................................................................................... 336
Display Transceiver Type......................................................................................................................................... 336
Recognize an Over-Temperature Condition..........................................................................................................338
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