dcb-rewr - show / manipulate the rewrite table of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
Contents
Commands
show Display all entries with a given selector. When no selector is given, shows all rewrite table
entries categorized per selector.
flush Remove all entries with a given selector. When no selector is given, removes all rewrite table
entries.
adddel Add and, respectively, remove individual rewrite 3-tuples to and from the DCB rewrite table.
replace
Take the list of entries mentioned as parameter, and add those that are not present in the rewrite
table yet. Then remove those entries, whose selector and priority have been mentioned as
parameter, but not with the exact same protocol ID. This has the effect of, for the given selector
and priority, causing that the table only contains the protocol ID (or ID's) given as parameter.
Description
dcbrewr is used to configure the rewrite table, in the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem. The
rewrite table is used to rewrite certain values in the packet headers, based on packet priority.
DCB rewrite entries are, like DCB APP entries, 3-tuples of selector, protocol ID, and priority. Selector
is an enumeration that picks one of the prioritization namespaces. Currently, only the DSCP and PCP
selector namespaces are supported by dcb rewr.
The rewrite table is a list of DCB rewrite rules, that applies to packets with matching priority.
Notably, it is valid to have conflicting rewrite assignment for the same selector and priority. For
example, the set of two rewrite entries (DSCP, 10, 1) and (DSCP, 11, 1), where packets with priority 1
should have its DSCP value rewritten to both 10 and 11, form a well-defined rewrite table. dcbrewr tool
allows low-level management of the rewrite table by adding and deleting individual rewrite 3-tuples
through add and del commands. On the other hand, the command replace does what one would typically want
in this situation--first adds the new configuration, and then removes the obsolete one, so that only one
rewrite rule is in effect for a given selector and priority.
Example & Usage
Add a rule to rewrite DSCP to 0, 24 and 48 for traffic with priority 0, 3 and 6, respectively:
# dcb rewr add dev eth0 prio-dscp 0:0 3:24 6:48
Add a rule to rewrite DSCP to 25 for traffic with priority 3:
# dcb rewr add dev eth0 prio-dscp 3:25
# dcb rewr show dev eth0 prio-dscp
prio-dscp 0:0 3:CS3 3:25 6:CS6
# dcb -N rewr show dev eth0 prio-dscp
prio-dscp 0:0 3:24 3:25 6:48
Reconfigure the table so that only one rule exists for rewriting traffic with priority 3.
# dcb rewr replace dev eth0 prio-dscp 3:26
# dcb rewr -N show dev eth0 prio-dscp
prio-dscp 0:0 3:26 6:48
Flush all DSCP rules:
# dcb rewr flush dev eth0 prio-dscp
# dcb rewr show dev eth0 prio-dscp
(nothing)
Add a rule to rewrite PCP to 1 and DEI to 0 for traffic with priority 1 and a rule to rewrite PCP to 2
and DEI to 1 for traffic with priority 2:
# dcb rewr add dev eth0 prio-pcp 1:1nd 2:2de
# dcb rewr show dev eth0 prio-pcp
prio-pcp 1:1nd 2:2de
Exit Status
Exit status is 0 if command was successful or a positive integer upon failure.
Name
dcb-rewr - show / manipulate the rewrite table of the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
Parameters
The following table shows parameters in a way that they would be used with add, del and replace commands.
For show and flush, the parameter name is to be used as a simple keyword without further arguments.
prio-dscpDSCP-MAPDSCP-MAP uses the array parameter syntax, see dcb(8) for details. Keys are priorities, values are
DSCP points for traffic with matching priority. DSCP points can be written either directly as
numeric values, or using symbolic names specified in /etc/iproute2/rt_dsfield (however note that
the file specifies full 8-bit dsfield values, whereas dcbrewr will only use the higher six bits).
dcbrewrshow will similarly format DSCP values as symbolic names if possible. The command line
option -N turns the show translation off.
prio-pcpPCP-MAPPCP-MAP uses the array parameter syntax, see dcb(8) for details. Keys are priorities. Values are
PCP/DEI for traffic with matching priority. PCP/DEI values are written as a combination of
numeric- and symbolic values, to accommodate for both. PCP always in numeric form e.g 0 .. 7 and
DEI in symbolic form e.g 'de' (drop-eligible), indicating that the DEI bit is 1 or 'nd' (not-drop-
eligible), indicating that the DEI bit is 0. In combination 1:2de translates to a mapping of
priority 1 to PCP=2 and DEI=1.
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) dcb-app(8) dcb-apptrust(8)
Synopsis
dcb [ OPTIONS ] rewr { COMMAND | help }
dcbrewr{show|flush}dev DEV [ prio-dscp ] [ prio-pcp ]
dcbrewr{add|del|replace}dev DEV [ prio-dscpDSCP-MAP ] [ prio-pcpPCP-MAP ]
DSCP-MAP := [ DSCP-MAP ] DSCP-MAPPINGDSCP-MAPPING := PRIO:{ DSCP |all}PCP-MAP := [ PCP-MAP ] PCP-MAPPINGPCP-MAPPING := PRIO:PCPDSCP := { 0 .. 63 }
PCP := { 0(nd/de) .. 7(nd/de) }
PRIO := { 0 .. 7 }
