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Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Configuration Guide 9.10(0.0)

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DCBx Example

The following figure shows how DCBX is used on an FN IOM Switch installed in a PowerEdge M1000e chassis in which servers are also installed.

The external 40GbE ports on the base module (ports 33 and 37) of two switches are used for uplinks configured as DCBx auto-upstream ports. The FN IOM switch is connected to third-party, top-of-rack (ToR) switches through 40GbE uplinks. The ToR switches are part of a Fibre Channel storage network.

The internal ports (ports 1-32) connected to the 10GbE backplane are configured as auto-downstream ports.

On the FN IOM switch, PFC and ETS use DCBx to exchange link-level configuration with DCBx peer devices.

Figure 1. DCBx Sample Topology Illustration of a DCBx sample topology.

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