Operation Manual

Flow Control:

Aconcentrationoftrafconaportdecreasesport

bandwidth and overows buffer memory causing

packet discards and frame losses. Flow Control is

used to regulate transmission of signals to match

the bandwidth of the receiving port. The Switch

uses IEEE802.3x ow control in full duplex mode

andbackpressureowcontrolinhalfduplexmode.

IEEE802.3xowcontrolisusedinfullduplexmode

to send a pause signal to the sending port, causing

it to temporarily stop sending signals when the

receivingportmemorybuffersll.

BackPressureowcontrolistypicallyusedinhalf

duplex mode to send a “collision” signal to the

sending port (mimicking a state of packet collision)

causing the sending port to temporarily stop sending

signals and resend later.

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