Users Guide
NOTE: Flow-control packets are mirrored only when flow-control rx is
enabled on an interface.
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-threshold Enter the buffer threshold limit for generating PAUSE frames.
resume-offset Enter the offset value for generating PAUSE frames to resume traffic.
negotiate (Optional) Enter the keyword negotiate to enable the pause-negotiation with the
egress port of the peer device. If the negotiate command is not used, pause-
negotiation is disabled. 40-gigabit Ethernet interfaces do not support pause-negotiation
monitor Enter the keyword monitor then the session-ID to enable mirror flow control frames on
the interface. The range is from 0 to 65535.
Defaults rx on tx off
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.11(0.0) Added support for monitor session.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100–ON.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
6.5.1.9 and 7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
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.
632 Interfaces