Implementing Data Center Bridging

This chapter describes how to configure DCB features on Extreme Networks platforms.

• Configure ports for Enhanced Transmission Selection specifying the ETS groups and the bandwidth allocation assigned to each ETS group and optionally advertising the ETS configuration using the LLDP-DCB Enhanced Transmission Configuration and Enhanced Transmission Recommendation TLVs.
• On an S- and 7100-Series, configure ports for priority-based flow control by enabling priority-based flow control on a port for specified 802.1p priorities and advertising the PFC configuration to peers using the LLDP Priority Flow Control TLV.
• Configure ports to advertise an Application Priority setting to the LLDP link peer for the specified application and advertising the Application Priority configuration using the LLDP Application Priority TLV.
• On an S- and 7100-Series, configure switch ports for congestion notification.

You configure DCB features separately and independently. Together the DCB features, on supported platforms, implement DCB.