Flowcontrol - Dell C9000 Series Reference Manual

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flowcontrol

Enable and disable link-level flow control (802.3x pause frames) on an interface and (optionally) configure
buffer thresholds for pause and offset frame transmission.
C9000 Series
Syntax
flowcontrol rx {off | on} tx {off | on} [pause-threshold
{1-12480}] [resume-offset {1-12480}]
Parameters
rx on
rx off
tx on
tx off
pause-threshold
resume-offset
Defaults An interface ignores flow-control frames received from other network devices (rx off)
and does not transmit pause frames (tx off).
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see
the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
• interface ManagementEthernet
(either the Primary or Standby RPM).
• management route
interface or a forwarding router.
• speed (Management interface)
Enter the keywords rx on to process the received flow control
frames on this port.
Enter the keywords rx off to ignore the received flow control
frames on this port.
Enter the keywords tx on to send control frames from the port
to the connected device when a higher rate of traffic is received.
Enter the keywords tx off so that flow control frames are not
sent from this port to the connected device when a higher rate
of traffic is received.
Enter the keyword pause-threshold to configure the buffer
threshold (in Kilobytes) at which the interface starts transmitting
pause frames for link-level flow control. Valid values are 1 to
12480KB. The default is 60KB.
Enter the keyword resume-offset to configure the buffer
threshold (in Kilobytes) at which the interface resumes
transmitting offset frames for link-level flow control. Valid values
are 1 to 12480KB. The default is 9KB.
— configures the Management port on the system
— configures a static route that points to the Management
— sets the speed on the Management interface.
Interfaces 929