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Figure 21
Configure Ports dialog box (Open Systems management style)
c. Click 10-100 km or RX BB Credit, depending on which column you have displayed in your
Configure Ports dialog box.
NOTE:
BB Credit column.
• Click the 10-100 km to enable extended distance buffering for a port. A check mark in the
box indicates extended distance operation up to 100 kilometers (through repeaters) is
enabled.
• Click the RX BB Credit to set minimum and maximum allowable port BB credit values. These
values vary by Director. If an invalid value is entered, an Invalid RX BB Credit error message
displays. The BB Credit value is validated as entered.
Click Activate and a RX-BB Credit Confirmation box displays. In addition to the maximum
BB credit limit per port, the total BB credits allocated to all ports cannot exceed the buffer
pool size.
NOTE:
box displays the total and available buffers at the bottom of the dialog box. When
information is changed in the RX BB Credit column, this information also updates. If
information is entered that exceeds the buffer pool and Activate is clicked, an error message
displays. Also, ports for the 24-Port switches can be individually configured between 2–12,
with a total number of port credits of 150.
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If a Switch supports BB credits by port, the 10-100 Km column is replaced by an RX
Only 24-Port switches have a switch-wide buffer pool. The Configure Ports dialog
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