Enables/disables IEEE Forward Error Correction (FEC) Clause 74 or 91 modes.
port_list | List of ports to enable/disable FEC modes on. |
forward-error-correction | Configures port FEC mode. |
off | Disables all FEC modes (default). |
on | Enables FEC modes. |
c174 | Enables/disables FEC IEEE Clause 74. |
c191 | Enables/disables FEC IEEE Clause 91. |
FEC is not enabled by default.
This command allows you to enable/disable Clause 91 or Clause 74 (exclusively) on a per-port basis regardless of speed/type.
FEC gives the receiver the ability to correct errors without requiring a reverse channel to request retransmission of data, but at the cost of a fixed, higher forward channel bandwidth. Some devices require this to interoperate.
The following example enables FEC Clause 91 on port 1:
# configure ports 1 forward-error-correction on cl91
# configure ports 1 forward-error-correction off
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 22.3.
This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X465 (VIM-4YE),X590, X695 switches.