dcb-buffer - show / manipulate port buffer settings of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
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Description
dcbbuffer is used to configure assignment of traffic to port buffers based on traffic priority, and
sizes of those buffers. It can be also used to inspect the current configuration, as well as total device
memory that the port buffers take.
Example & Usage
Configure the priomap in a one-to-one fashion:
# dcb buffer set dev eth0 prio-buffer 0:0 1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7
Set sizes of all buffers to 10KB, except for buffer 6, which will have the size 1MB:
# dcb buffer set dev eth0 buffer-size all:10K 6:1M
Show what was set:
# dcb buffer show dev eth0
prio-buffer 0:0 1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7
buffer-size 0:10Kb 1:10Kb 2:10Kb 3:10Kb 4:10Kb 5:10Kb 6:1Mb 7:10Kb
total-size 1222Kb
Exit Status
Exit status is 0 if command was successful or a positive integer upon failure.
Name
dcb-buffer - show / manipulate port buffer settings of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
Parameters
For read-write parameters, the following describes only the write direction, i.e. as used with the set
command. For the show command, the parameter name is to be used as a simple keyword without further
arguments. This instructs the tool to show the value of a given parameter. When no parameters are given,
the tool shows the complete buffer configuration.
total-size
A read-only property that shows the total device memory taken up by port buffers. This might be
more than a simple sum of individual buffer sizes if there are any hidden or internal buffers.
prio-bufferPRIO-MAPPRIO-MAP uses the array parameter syntax, see dcb(8) for details. Keys are priorities, values are
buffer indices. For each priority sets a buffer where traffic with that priority is directed to.
buffer-sizeSIZE-MAPSIZE-MAP uses the array parameter syntax, see dcb(8) for details. Keys are buffer indices, values
are sizes of that buffer in bytes. The sizes can use the notation documented in section
PARAMETERS at tc(8). Note that the size requested by the tool can be rounded or capped by the
driver to satisfy the requirements of the device.
Reporting Bugs
Report any bugs to the Network Developers mailing list <netdev@vger.kernel.org> where the development and
maintenance is primarily done. You do not have to be subscribed to the list to send a message there.
See Also
dcb(8)
Synopsis
dcb [ OPTIONS ] buffer { COMMAND | help }
dcbbuffershowdev DEV [ prio-buffer ] [ buffer-size ] [ total-size ]
dcbbuffersetdev DEV [ prio-bufferPRIO-MAP ] [ buffer-sizeSIZE-MAP ]
PRIO-MAP := [ PRIO-MAP ] PRIO-MAPPINGPRIO-MAPPING := { PRIO | all }:BUFFERSIZE-MAP := [ SIZE-MAP ] SIZE-MAPPINGSIZE-MAPPING := { BUFFER | all }:SIZEPRIO := { 0 .. 7 }
BUFFER := { 0 .. 7 }
SIZE := { INTEGER | INTEGERK | INTEGERM | ... }
