Cloning Conguration Output Status.............................................................................................................................31
5 Data Center Bridging (DCB)........................................................................................................................ 34
Supported Modes............................................................................................................................................................ 34
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging........................................................................................................34
Priority-Based Flow Control..................................................................................................................................... 35
Enhanced Transmission Selection............................................................................................................................36
Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBx)................................................................................................. 37
Data Center Bridging in a Trac Flow.....................................................................................................................38
Enabling Data Center Bridging....................................................................................................................................... 38
Conguring DCB Maps and its Attributes...............................................................................................................39
Data Center Bridging: Default Conguration................................................................................................................42
Data Center Bridging: Auto-DCB-Enable Mode...........................................................................................................42
Conguring Priority-Based Flow Control...................................................................................................................... 44
How Priority-Based Flow Control is Implemented.................................................................................................46
Conguring Enhanced Transmission Selection.............................................................................................................46
How Enhanced Transmission Selection is Implemented....................................................................................... 46
ETS Operation with DCBx........................................................................................................................................ 47
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies........................................................................................................... 48
DCBx Operation............................................................................................................................................................... 48
DCBx Operation......................................................................................................................................................... 48
DCBx Port Roles........................................................................................................................................................ 49
DCB Conguration Exchange.................................................................................................................................. 50
Conguration Source Election..................................................................................................................................50
Propagation of DCB Information...............................................................................................................................51
Auto-Detection of the DCBx Version....................................................................................................................... 51
DCBx Example.............................................................................................................................................................51
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions.......................................................................................................................52
DCBx Error Messages............................................................................................................................................... 53
Debugging DCBx on an Interface............................................................................................................................ 53
Verifying the DCB Conguration....................................................................................................................................53
QoS dot1p Trac Classication and Queue Assignment............................................................................................ 62
Troubleshooting PFC, ETS, and DCBx Operation........................................................................................................ 63
Conguring the Dynamic Buer Method......................................................................................................................64
6 Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol (DHCP)............................................................................................ 66
Supported Modes............................................................................................................................................................66
Assigning an IP Address using DHCP............................................................................................................................66
Debugging DHCP Client Operation............................................................................................................................... 68
DHCP Client..................................................................................................................................................................... 69
How DHCP Client is Implemented................................................................................................................................. 70
DHCP Client on a Management Interface.................................................................................................................... 70
DHCP Client on a VLAN.................................................................................................................................................. 71
DHCP Packet Format and Options.................................................................................................................................71
Option 82.......................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Releasing and Renewing DHCP-based IP Addresses.................................................................................................. 73
Viewing DHCP Statistics and Lease Information......................................................................................................... 73
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