set port flowcontrol

Use this command to enable or disable flow control settings for one or more ports.

Syntax

set port flowcontrol port-string {receive | send | both} {enable | disable}

Parameters

`port-string`	Specifies port(s) for which to enable or disable flow control.
receive	Enables or disables the port(s) to receive flow control packets. Receive acknowledges flow control information from its link partner.
send	Enables or disables the port(s) to send flow control packets. Send allows flow control information to be sent to its link partner.
both	Enables or disables the port(s) to receive and send flow control packets. Both allows for the sending and receiving of flow control information with the link partner Default: both.
enable \| disable	Enables or disables flow control settings. Default: enable.

Defaults

None.

Mode

All command modes.

Usage

This command only disables flowcontrol for links that have auto-negotiation disabled. Auto-negotiation enabled ports still advertise pause and act on pause according to their advertised abilities in auto-negotiation. To disable pause on an autonegotiation link issue the command clear port advertise for that link specifying apause, bpause, spause, and pause as options to clear.

Example

This example shows how to enable ports ge.3.1 through 5 to send and receive flow control packets:

System(rw)->set port flowcontrol ge.3.1-5 both enable

Published May 2016prev | next

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