Dell S3100 Command Line Reference Guide for the Series 9.112.1 - Page 667

Version 6.5.1.9 and 7.4.1.0 7.8.1.0 Description Introduced on the E-Series. 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. When a port receives traffic at a higher rate than it can process, the frames are stored in the port buffer. As a result, buffer usage increases. When the buffer usage reaches the value specified in the "pause-threshold" argument, the port sends PAUSE frame to the connected link partner to stop sending the traffic. Eventually this reduces the buffer usage. When the buffer usage drops by the value specified in the "resume-threshold", the port again sends a PAUSE frame with 0 as wait-time. This results in resume of the paused traffic flow. Important Points to Remember • Do not enable tx pause when buffer carving is enabled. For information and assistance, consult Dell Networking TAC. • Speeds less than one Gig cannot be configured when the asymmetric flow control configuration is on. The following error is returned: Can't configure speed