3.10. Flow Control Commands

3.10.1. flowcontrol send

Command Purpose

Use this command to enable or disable flow control send function.

Prerequisites

Platform

Software

License

Comments

AQ-N3000

7.0

Base

AQ-N5000

7.0

Base

AQ-N6000

7.0

Base

Command Syntax

flowcontrol send ( on | off )

Parameter

Parameter Description

Parameter Value

on

Set send flowcontrol enable

-

off

Set send flowcontrol disable

-

Command Mode

Interface Configuration

Default

Off

Usage

Use the flowcontrol Interface Configuration command to set the interface’s ability to send pause frames to on or off.

Examples

This example shows how to enable flow control on interface:

Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# interface eth-0-1
Switch(config-if)# flowcontrol send on

3.10.2. flowcontrol receive

Command Purpose

Use this command to enable or disable flow control receive function.

Prerequisites

Platform

Software

License

Comments

AQ-N3000

7.0

Base

AQ-N5000

7.0

Base

AQ-N6000

7.0

Base

Command Syntax

flowcontrol receive ( on | off )

Parameter

Parameter Description

Parameter Value

on

Set receive flowcontrol enable

-

off

Set receive flowcontrol disable

-

Command Mode

Interface Configuration

Default

Off

Usage

Use the flowcontrol interface configuration command to set the interface’s ability to receive pause frames to on or off.

Examples

This example shows how to enable flow control on interface:

Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# interface eth-0-1
Switch(config-if)# flowcontrol receive on

Related Commands

flowcontrol send on

3.10.3. show flowcontrol

Command Purpose

Use this command to display flow control information.

Prerequisites

Platform

Software

License

Comments

AQ-N3000

7.0

Base

AQ-N5000

7.0

Base

AQ-N6000

7.0

Base

Command Syntax

show flowcontrol ( IFNAME | )

Parameter

Parameter Description

Parameter Value

IFNAME

Interface name

Support physical ports

Command Mode

Privileged EXEC

Default

None

Usage

Use the command to display flowcontrol ability and the pause frame information of each port.

Examples

This example shows how to display flowcontrol information:

Switch# show flowcontrol

Port        Receive FlowControl  Send FlowControl   RxPause      TxPause     
            admin    oper        admin    oper    
----------  -------- --------    -------- --------  ------------ ------------
eth-0-1     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-2     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-3     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-4     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-5     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-6     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-7     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-8     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-9     off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-10    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-11    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-12    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-13    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-14    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-15    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-16    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-17    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-18    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-19    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-20    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-21    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-22    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-23    off      off         off      off       0            0           
eth-0-24    off      off         off      off       0            0           

Related Commands

None