dcbd(8)
NAME
dcbd - Data Center Bridging capabilities exchange daemon
SYNOPSIS
dcbd [-h] [-v] [-d] [-f filename]
DESCRIPTION
Executes the Data Center Bridging (DCB) capabilities exchange protocol
on DCB capable Ethernet interfaces in order to exchange DCB configuration with the peer device.
Major functions of dcbd include:
- retrieving and storing DCB configuration to a configuration file
- configuring the DCB settings of the network driver based on the operation of the DCB capabilities exchange protocol
- detecting and reacting to link up and link down events on network
ports
- supporting the following DCB features: Priority Groups, Priority Flow
Control, FCoE and FCoE Logical Link Status.
- providing an interface for client applications to query and configure
DCB features. Events are also generated on the client interface when
the operational state or configuration of a feature changes.
dcbd supports the versions of the DCB capabilities exchange protocol
described here:
- version 1
- <http://download.intel.com/technology/eedc/dcb_cep_spec.pdf>
- and here:
- version 2
- <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/az-wadekar-dcbxcapability-exchange-discovery-protocol-1108-v1.01.pdf>
- See dcbtool for information on how to configure which version of the protocol dcbd executes.
OPTIONS
dcbd has the following command line options:
-h show usage information
- -f filename
- use the specified file as the configuration file instead of the default file: /etc/sysconfig/dcbd/dcbd.conf dcbd expects the directory of the configuration file to exist, but if the configuration file does not exist, then a default configuration file will be created.
- -d run dcbd as a daemon
- -v show dcbd version
LICENSE
dcbd - DCB daemon
Copyright(c) 2007-2009 Intel Corporation. Portions of dcbd are based
on:
hostapd-0.5.7
- Copyright
- (c) 2004-2008, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the file called "COPYING".
SUPPORT
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OR 97124-6497