Reference Guide

420 | Interfaces
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Usage Information
This command applies only to the Management interface.
When manually configuring the management port speed the user must consider and match the remote
device. It is highly recommended to use Auto-Negotiation for management ports.
Related
Commands
flowcontrol
s z
Control how the system responds to and generates 802.3x pause frames on 1Gig and 10Gig, 40Gig,
ports.
Syntax
flowcontrol rx {off | on} tx {off | on} [pause- threshold {<1-12480>] [resume-offset <1-12480>}
The threshold commands are supported on S-Series only.
To return to the default, use the no flowcontrol rx {off | on} tx {off | on} threshold command.
Parameters
Defaults
S6000: rx off tx off
S4810:rx on tx off
pause-threshold: 59 KB
resume-offset: 9 KB
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the S4810
interface ManagementEthernet
Configure the Management port on the system (either the Primary
or Standby RPM).
duplex (Management)
Set the mode of the Management interface.
management route Configure a static route that points to the Management interface or a
forwarding router.
speed (Management interface)
Set the speed on the Management interface.
S6000
rx on Enter the keywords rx on to process the received flow control frames on this port. This is
the default value for the receive side.
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. This is the default value on the send side.
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-offse
t
Enter the offset value for generating PAUSE frames to resume traffic.