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NAME

       dcbtool - manage the Data Center Bridging (DCB) settings of a CEE 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 Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE)
       DCB capable Ethernet interface.  It connects to the client interface of lldpad 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 lldpad as they arrive. It will use libreadline for interactive
       input when available. 802.1Qaz DCBX is not controllable from dcbtool instead lldptool  can
       be used in this case.

OPTIONS

       -h     show the dcbtool usage message

       -v     shows dcbtool version information

       -r     display the raw lldpad client interface messages as well as the readable output.

       -R     display only the raw lldpad client interface messages

COMMANDS

       help   shows the dcbtool usage message

       ping   test command.  lldpad responds with "PPONG" if the client interface is operational.

       license
              displays dcbtool license information

       quit   exit from interactive mode

       The  following  commands interact with lldpad to manage the daemon and DCB features on DCB
       capable interfaces.

       dcbtool general configuration commands:

       <gc|go> dcbx
              Get the configured or operational legacy version of the DCBX protocol which will be
              supported  by  lldpad.   The  configured version, if different from the operational
              version,  will take effect after lldpad is restarted.

       sc dcbx v:[cin|cee|force-cin|force-cee]
              Set the legacy version of DCBX which will be supported by lldpad the next  time  it
              is started.
              Information about the CIN version can be found at:
              <http://download.intel.com/technology/eedc/dcb_cep_spec.pdf>
              Information about the CEE version can be found at:
              <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/az-wadekar-dcbx-capability-
              exchange-discovery-protocol-1108-v1.01.pdf>
              The dcbx setting is a global setting and changes only take effect  when  lldpad  is
              restarted.   The default DCBX version used is the IEEE standard version.  If a pre-
              IEEE DCBX version is received (per port)  which  matches  the  dcbx  setting,  then
              lldpad  will  fall back to the configured global dcbx setting.  If the dcbx setting
              is set to either 'force-cin' or 'force-cee' then any port doing DCBX will start out
              in the corresponding legacy DCBX mode.

       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)

       1|iscsi
              Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)

       2|fip  FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP)

       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>:
              The app features uses global enable and willing bits for all subtypes. To remove or
              add subtypes to the TLV set the advertise bit.

       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.  Changes to the
              logical link status are not saved in the configuration file.

EXAMPLES

       Enable DCB on interface eth2

       dcbtool sc eth2 dcb on

       Assign priorities 0-3 to priority group 0, priorities 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

SEE ALSO

       lldpad(8),  lldptool(8),  lldptool-dcbx(8),  lldptool-ets(8),  lldptool-pfc(8),  lldptool-
       app(8)

COPYRIGHT

       dcbtool - DCB configuration utility
       Copyright(c) 2007-2012 Intel Corporation.   Portions of dcbtool are based on:

       hostapd-0.5.7

       Copyright
              (c) 2004-2008, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>

LICENSE

       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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                                          March 23, 2012                               dcbtool(8)