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Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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Chapter 8: Port Parameter Commands

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When flow control is activated, a port sends out a

PAUSE packet whenever it wants the end node to
stop sending packets. Possible values are:

disabled No

flow

control.

enabled

Flow control is activated.

auto

The switch sets flow control to match

flow control on the end node
connected to the port. If the end node
is using flow control, the switch port
also uses flow control. If the end node
is not using flow control, neither will
the switch port.

fctrllimit

Specifies the number of cells for flow control. A cell
represents 64 bytes. The range is 1 to 57,344 cells.
The default is 57,344 cells.

backpressure

Controls backpressure on the port. Backpressure
applies only to ports operating in half-duplex mode.
Possible values are:

yes, on, true, enabled

Activates backpressure on

the port. These values are
equivalent.

no, off, false, disabled

Deactivates backpressure

on the port. This is the
default. These values are
equivalent.

bplimit

Specifies the number of cells for backpressure. A cell

represents 64 bytes. The range is 1 to 57,344 cells.
The default is 57,344 cells.

bcastfiltering

Controls the broadcast filter. These parameters are
equivalent. Possible values are:

yes, on, true, enabled

The port forwards

broadcast frames. These
values are equivalent.

no, off, false, disabled

The port discards all

ingress broadcast frames.
These values are
equivalent.

holbplimit

Specifies the threshold at which the switch signals a

head of line blocking event on a port. The threshold
is specified in cells. A cell is 64 bytes. The range is 1 to
61,440 cells; the default is 58,000.