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Data Center Bridging (DCB)

Data Center Bridging is a family of Ethernet enhancements for converged data-center networks with different traffic requirements.

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Roles: PFC controls link-level congestion loss; Enhanced Transmission Selection assigns bandwidth among traffic classes; congestion notification and neighbor capability/configuration exchange address other parts of network operation. [1]

Interpretation: DCB is not a storage command protocol or another name for FCoE. Identify the supported features and their configuration instead of treating a DCB label as an end-to-end service guarantee. [1]

Relations

related
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC), FCoE, FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP)

Citations

  1. IEEE 802.1: Addressing and Data Center Bridging, enhancement roles (accessed 2026-11-02)

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