dcbtool(8)

NAME

dcbtool - manage the Data Center Bridging (DCB) settings of a DCB interface

SYNOPSIS

dcbtool -h
dcbtool -v
dcbtool [-rR]
dcbtool [-rR] [command] [command arguments]

DESCRIPTION

dcbtool is used to query and set the DCB settings of a DCB capable Ethernet interface. It connects to the client interface of dcbd to perform these operations. dcbtool will operate in interactive mode if it is executed without a command. In interactive mode, dcbtool also functions as an event listener and will print out events received from dcbd as they arrive.

OPTIONS

-h show the dcbtool usage message

-v shows dcbtool version information

-r display the raw dcbd client interface messages as well as the: readable output.
-R display only the raw dcbd client interface messages

COMMANDS

help shows the dcbtool usage message

ping test command. The dcbd daemon responds with "PPONG" if the: client interface is operational.
license: displays dcbtool license information
quit exit from interactive mode
The following commands interact with the dcbd daemon to manage the daemon and DCB features on DCB capable interfaces.
dcbd general configuration commands:
<gc|go> dcbx: get the configured or operational version of the DCB capabilities exchange protocol. If different, the configured version will take effect (and become the operational version) after dcbd is restarted.
sc dcbx v:[1|2]: set the version of the DCB capabilities exchange protocol which will be used the next time dcbd is started. Information about version 1 can be found at:
<http://download.intel.com/technology/eedc/dcb_cep_spec.pdf>
Information about version 2 can be found at:
<http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/az-wadekar-dcbxcapability-exchange-discovery-protocol-1108-v1.01.pdf>
DCB per-interface commands:
gc <ifname> <feature>: get configuration of feature on interface ifname.
go <ifname> <feature>: get operational status of feature on interface ifname.
gp <ifname> <feature>: get peer configuration of feature on interface ifname.
sc <ifname> <feature> <args>: set the configuration of feature on interface ifname.
feature may be one of the following:
dcb DCB state of the port
pg priority groups
pfc priority flow control
app:<subtype>: application specific data
ll:<subtype>: logical link status
subtype can be:
0|fcoe Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
args can include:
e:<0|1>: controls feature enable
a:<0|1>: controls whether the feature is advertised via DCBX to the peer
w:<0|1>: controls whether the feature is willing to change its operational configuration based on what is received from the peer
[feature specific args]: arguments specific to a DCB feature
Feature specific arguments for dcb:
on|off enable or disable DCB for the interface. The go and gp commands: are not needed for the dcb feature. Also, the enable(e), advertise(a) and willing(w) arguments are not required.
Feature specific arguments for pg:
pgid:xxxxxxxx: Priority group ID for the 8 priorities. From left to right (priorities 0-7), x is the corresponding priority group ID value, which can be 0-7 for priority groups with bandwidth allocations or f (priority group ID 15) for the unrestricted priority group.
pgpct:x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x: Priority group percentage of link bandwidth. From left to right (priority groups 0-7), x is the percentage of link bandwidth allocated to the corresponding priority group. The total bandwidth must equal 100%.
uppct:x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x: Priority percentage of priority group bandwidth. From left to right (priorities 0-7), x is the percentage of priority group bandwidth allocated to the corresponding priority. The sum of percentages for priorities which belong to the same priority group must total 100% (except for priority group 15).
strict:xxxxxxxx: Strict priority setting. From left to right (priorities 0-7), x is 0 or 1. 1 indicates that the priority may utilize all of the bandwidth allocated to its priority group.
up2tc:xxxxxxxx: Priority to traffic class mapping. From left to right (priorities 0-7), x is the traffic class (0-7) to which the priority is mapped.
Feature specific arguments for pfc:
pfcup:xxxxxxxx: Enable/disable priority flow control. From left to right (priorities 0-7), x is 0 or 1. 1 indicates that the corresponding priority is configured to transmit priority pause.
Feature specific arguments for app:<subtype>:
appcfg:xx: xx is a hexadecimal value representing an 8 bit bitmap where 1 bits indicate the priorities which frames for the applications specified by subtype should use. The lowest order bit maps to priority 0.
Feature specific arguments for ll:<subtype>:
status:[0|1]: For testing purposes, the logical link status may be set to 0 or 1. This setting is not persisted in the configuration file.

EXAMPLES

Enable DCB on interface eth2

dcbtool sc eth2 dcb on

Assign priorites 0-3 to priority group 0, priorites 4-6 to priority group 1 and priority 7 to the unrestricted priority. Also, allocate 25% of link bandwidth to priority group 0 and 75% to group 1.

dcbtool sc eth2 pg pgid:0000111f pgpct:25,75,0,0,0,0,0,0

Enable transmit of Priority Flow Control for priority 3 and assign FCoE to priority 3.

dcbtool sc eth2 pfc pfcup:00010000 dcbtool sc eth2 app:0 appcfg:08

LICENSE

dcbtool - DCB configuration utility
Copyright(c) 2007-2009 Intel Corporation. Portions of dcbtool are based on:

hostapd-0.5.7

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.
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The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the file called "COPYING".

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