Dell Force10 MXL Blade - DCBX Configuration Procedure; Configuring DCBX on an Interface

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DCBX Configuration Procedure
To configure an MXL Switch for DCBX operation in a data center network, you must:
1. Configure ToR- and FCF-facing interfaces as auto-upstream ports.
2. Configure server-facing interfaces as auto-downstream ports.
3. Configure a port to operate in a configuration-source role.
4. Configure ports to operate in a manual role.
To verify the DCBX configuration on a port, use the show interface dcbx detail command (Figure 8-16).
Configure DCBX operation at the interface level on a switch or globally on the switch.
Prerequisite: DCBX requires LLDP to be enabled to advertise DCBX TLVs to peers. For more
information, refer to Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
Configuring DCBX on an Interface
To configure DCBX operation on an interface, follow these steps:
Step Task Command Command Mode
1 Enter INTERFACE Configuration mode. interface type slot/port CONFIGURATION
2 Enter LLDP Configuration mode to enable DCBX
operation.
[no] protocol lldp
INTERFACE
3 Configure the DCBX version used on the interface, where:
auto configures the port to operate using the DCBX
version received from a peer.
• cee configures the port to use CEE (Intel 1.01).
• cin configures the port to use Cisco-Intel-Nuova
(DCBX 1.0).
• ieee-v2.5 configures the port to use IEEE 802.1Qaz
(Draft 2.5).
Default: Auto.
[no] dcbx version {auto | cee
| cin | ieee-v2.5}
PROTOCOL LLDP