Enterasys b5

Setting Flow Control
7-22 Port Configuration
Setting Flow Control
Purpose
Toreview,enableordisableportflowcontrol.Flowcontrolisusedtomanagethetransmission
betweentwodevicesasspecifiedbyIEEE 802.3xtopreventreceivingportsfrombeing
overwhelmedbyframesfromtransmittingdevices.
Commands
show flowcontrol
Usethiscommandtodisplaytheflowcontrolstate.
Syntax
show flowcontrol
Parameters
None.
Defaults
None.
Mode
Switchcommand,read‐only.
Example
Thisexampleshowshowtodisplaytheportflowcontrolstate:
B5(su)->show flowcontrol
Flow control status: enabled
set flowcontrol
Usethiscommandtoenableordisableflowcontrol.
Syntax
set flowcontrol {enable | disable}
Parameters
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show flowcontrol 7-22
set flowcontrol 7-22
enable|disable Enablesordisablesflowcontrolsettings.