Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:57:06 -0600 From: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com> Subject: Re: Data Center Bridging? Message-ID: <9A51F061-46CD-450C-ABE4-C1E29AB816F6@netgate.com> In-Reply-To: <50FEBF0C.6050307@freebsd.org> References: <D4D47BCFFE5A004F95D707546AC0D7E91F64ED21@SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com> <50FEBF0C.6050307@freebsd.org>
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On Jan 22, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> = wrote: > On 1/22/13 8:43 AM, Eggert, Lars wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> on Linux, various NICs (e.g., ixgbe) support Data Center Bridging. Is = this also available under FreeBSD? Do *any* NICs support DCB under = FreeBSD? >>=20 >> Thanks, >> Lars >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 > that really depends on what you want to do > given a freebsd command line and a kernel with the right options I = could probably bridge two networks in about 15 minutes. > (I have done it in the past). > if DCB is a specific protocol then we may need to do some work to = support it. as I've not heard of it. DCB is yet another attempt to 'fix' Ethernet, by eliminating queue = overflow and providing bandwidth allocation on individual links. It was intended to be mostly about storage. Linux uses lldpad and dcbtool to manage the settings. Jim
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