lldptool(8)

NAME
ETS-{CFG|REC} - Show / manipulate ETS TLV configuration

SYNOPSIS
lldptool -t -i ethx -V ETS-CFG <-c CONFIG_ARG ...>

CONFIG_ARG := { enableTx | willing | tsa | up2tc | numtcs | tcbw }

lldptool -T -i ethx -V ETS-CFG CONFIG_ARG=value ...

CONFIG_ARG :=

enableTx = {yes|no} |

willing = {yes|no} |

tsa = tc:{ets|strict|vendor},... |

up2tc = priority:tc,... |

tcbw = bw1,bw2,...

lldptool -t -i ethx -V ETS-REC <-c CONFIG_ARG ...>

lldptool -T -i ethx -V ETS-REC CONFIG_ARG=value ...

CONFIG_ARG :=

enableTx = {yes|no} |

tsa = tc:{ets|strict|vendor},... |

up2tc = priority:tc,... |

tcbw = bw1,bw2,...

DESCRIPTION
The Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) feature has a recommendation TLV and a configuration TLV configured with ETS-REC and ETS-CFG respectively.

ARGUMENTS

enableTx
    Enables the ETS TLV to be transmitted

willing
    Sets the ETS-CFG willing bit

tsa Transmission selection algorithm, sets a comma separated list of traffic classes to the corresponding selection algorithm. Valid algorithms include "ets", "strict" and "vendor".

up2tc
    Comma separated list mapping user priorities to traffic classes.

tcbw
    Comma separated list of bandwidths for each traffic class the first value being assigned to traffic class 0 and the second to traffic class 1 and so on. Undefined bandwidths are presumed to be 0.

numtcs
    Displays the number of ETS supported traffic classes.

Theory of Operations

IEEE 802.1Qaz is enabled by default on hardware that supports this mode indicated by support for the DCBNL interface. Kernel config option CONFIG_DCB. The ETS-CFG TLV is advertised by default with the attributes indicated by querying the hardware for its current configuration. A valid configuration is to map all priorities to a single traffic class and use the link strict selection algorithm. This is equivalent to being in a non-DCB enabled mode.

To support legacy DCBX (CIN or CEE) the ETS-CFG and ETS-REC TLVs are disabled if a legacy DCBX TLV is received and no valid IEEE DCBX TLVs are received. The hardware DCBX mode will also be set to the legacy mode and IEEE mode is disabled. This allows switches to be configured and end nodes will then be configured accordingly without any configuration required on the end node. See lldpad(8) for more information about the operation of the DCBX selection mechanism.

Mapping applications and protocols to traffic classes is required for ETS to be useful. User space programs can encode the priority of an application with the SO_PRIORITY option. The net_prio cgroup can be used to assign application traffic to specific priorities. See the kernel documentation and cgdcbxd(8) for net_prio cgroup information.

EXAMPLE & USAGE

Configure willing bit for interface eth2
    lldptool -T -i eth2 -V ETS-CFG willing=yes

Configure traffic classes for ETS and strict priority on eth2
    lldptool -T -i eth2 -V ETS-CFG tsa=0:ets,1:ets,2:ets,3:ets,4:strict,5:strict

Configure 1:1 mapping from priority to traffic classes on eth2
    lldptool -T -i eth2 -V ETS-CFG up2tc=0:0,1:1,2:2,3:3,4:4,5:5,6:6,7:7

Display local configured ETS-CFG parameters for tcbw
    lldptool -t -i eth2 -V ETS-CFG -c tcbw

Display last transmitted ETS-CFG TLV
    lldptool -t -i eth2 -V ETS-CFG

Configure ETS-CFG and ETS-REC for default DCB on eth2
    lldptool -T -i eth2 -V ETS-CFG tsa=0:ets,1:ets,2:ets,3:ets,4:ets,5:ets,6:ets,7:ets up2tc=0:0,1:1,2:2,3:3,4:4,5:5,6:6,7:7 tcbw=12,12,12,12,13,13,13,13

    lldptool -T -i eth2 -V ETS-REC tsa=0:ets,1:ets,2:ets,3:ets,4:ets,5:ets,6:ets,7:ets up2tc=0:0,1:1,2:2,3:3,4:4,5:5,6:6,7:7 tcbw=12,12,12,12,13,13,13,13

SOURCE

o   IEEE 802.1Qaz (http://www.ieee802.org/1/pages/dcbridges.html)

NOTES
Support for tc-mqprio was added in 2.6.38 on older kernels other mechanisms may need to be used to map applications to traffic classes.

SEE ALSO
lldptool(8), lldptool-app(8), lldpad(8), tc-mqprio(8),

AUTHOR
John Fastabend