Data Center Bridging

The suite of Ethernet protocol extensions defined for reliable storage transports such as FCoE.

DCB includes the following protocols: IEEE 802.1Qau (CN), IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS and DCBX), and IEEE 802.1Qbb (PFC).

A data center bridge implements the above protocols and capabilities for use in the data center.

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