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Figure 28: flow control menu – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 6: Port Parameters

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Section I: Basic Operations

4. From the Port Configuration menu, type 3 to select Flow Control.

The Flow Control menu is shown in Figure 28.

Figure 28. Flow Control Menu

5. Type 1 to select FLow Control (Full-Duplex) Status to enable or

disable flow control. The possible settings are:

Disabled -No flow control on the port. This is the default setting.

Enabled - Flow control is activated. This setting is appropriate only
when the end node connected to the port is also using flow control.

Auto - The port uses flow control only if it detects that the end node is
using it.

6. Type 2 to select Flow Control Threshold which specifies the threshold

in cells. A cell equals 128 bytes. The range is 1 to 7935. The default is
7935 cells.

7. Type 3 to select Back Pressure (Half-Duplex) Status which enables or

disables back pressure on a port. Possible settings are:

Disabled - The port does not use back pressure. This is the default
setting.

Enabled - The port uses back pressure.

8. Type 4 to select Back Pressure Threshold. This selection specifies the

maximum number of ingress packets that a port accepts within a 1
second period before initiating back pressure. The range is 1 to
57,344. The default is 8192.

9. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then

type S to select Save Configuration Changes.

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Flow Control

Configuring Port 11

1 - Flow Control (Full-Duplex) Status .... Disabled
2 - Flow Control Threshold ............... 7935 cells

3 - Back Pressure (Half-Duplex) Status ... Disabled
4 - Back Pressure Threshold .............. 7935 cells

R - Return to Previous Menu

Enter your selection?