Command Line Reference Guide

tx off Enter the keywords tx off so that flow control frames are
not sent from this port to the connected device when a
higher rate of traffic is received.
Parameters
rx on Enter the keywords rx on to process the received flow
control frames on this port.
rx off Enter the keywords rx off to ignore the received flow
control frames on this port.
tx on Enter the keywords tx on to send control frames from this
port to the connected device when a higher rate of traffic is
received.
tx off Enter the keywords tx off so that flow control frames are
not sent from this port to the connected device when a
higher rate of traffic is received.
pause-thresh
old
Enter the buffer threshold limit for generating PAUSE frames.
resume-offset Enter the offset value for generating PAUSE frames to
resume traffic.
Defaults rx off tx off
Command
Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Versions 6.5.1.9
and 7.4.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series with the
thresholds option.
Usage
Information
The globally assigned 48-bit Multicast address 01-80-C2-00-00-01 is used to send
and receive pause frames. To allow full-duplex flow control, stations implementing
the pause operation instruct the MAC to enable the reception of frames with a
destination address equal to this multicast address.
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Interfaces