Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 71)

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Configuring basic port parameters
TurboIron(config)#interface e 8
TurboIron(config-if-e10000-8)#disable
Syntax: disable
You also can disable or re-enable a virtual interface. To do so, enter commands such as the
following.
TurboIron(config)#interface ve v1
TurboIron(config-vif-1)#disable
Syntax: disable
To re-enable a virtual interface, enter the enable command at the Interface configuration level. For
example, to re-enable virtual interface v1, enter the following command.
TurboIron(config-vif-1)#enable
Syntax: enable
Disabling or re-enabling flow control
You can configure full-duplex ports on a system to operate with or without flow control (802.3x).
Flow control is enabled by default.
To disable flow control on full-duplex ports on a system, enter the following.
TurboIron(config)#no flow-control
To turn the feature back on.
TurboIron(config)#flow-control
Syntax: [no] flow-control
NOTE
For optimal link operation, link ports on devices that do not support 803.3u must be configured with
like parameters, such as speed (10,100,1000), duplex (half, full), and Flow Control.
Auto-negotiation and advertisement of flow control
Auto-negotiation of flow control can be enabled and advertised for 10/100/1000M ports. To
enable and advertise flow control capability, enter the following commands.
TurboIron(config)#interface ethernet 21
TurboIron(config-if-e10000-21)#flow-control
To also enable auto-negotiation of flow control, enter the following commands.
TurboIron(config)#interface ethernet 21
TurboIron(config-if-e10000-21)#flow-control neg-on
Syntax: #[no] flow-control [neg-on]
• flow-control [default] - Enable flow control, advertise flow control and disable negotiation of
flow control
• flow-control neg-on - Advertise flow control and enable negotiation of flow control
• no flow-control - Disable flow control, disable advertising flow control and also disable
negotiation of flow control