HP 6120XG HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Advanced Traffic Management G - Page 266

Configuring Priority Flow Control (PFC), Operating Notes for PFC, Configuring PFC, priority

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Note Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Configuring Priority Flow Control (PFC) Configuring Priority Flow Control (PFC) CEE devices can support lossless transmission of packets by using 802.1Qbb Priority Flow Control (PFC). PFC enables communication of flow-control messages for individual 802.1p priorities. This allows subsets of link traffic to be paused to avoid packet loss when congestion occurs at the link, while other Class of Service flows continue on the link. Operating Notes for PFC ■ Standard port-level flow control and PFC are mutually exclusive, that is, if PFC is turned on, port-level flow control will be turned off. If PFC is not turned on, port-level flow control can be either on or off. ■ If PFC is turned on for a port, the port must be a 10G port type operating in 10G mode. PFC will not be operational in any other mode than 10G. ■ Designating a traffic group as lossless indicates which priorities are to be flow controlled when PFC is enabled on a port. Configuring PFC PFC can only be configured when CEE is licensed. The priority option will not be available in the flow-control command otherwise. Configuring PFC extends the flow-control command in the global interface config context. Syntax: [no] interface flow-control [priority] Enables flow control packets on the port. Use the no flow-control command in the interface context to disable flow control. (Default: Disabled.) [priority] Turns on PFC for the port. no interface flow-control Disables flow control. 6-17

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Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch
Configuring Priority Flow Control (PFC)
Configuring Priority Flow Control (PFC)
CEE devices can support lossless transmission of packets by using 802.1Qbb
Priority Flow Control (PFC).
PFC enables communication of flow-control messages for individual 802.1p
priorities. This allows subsets of link traffic to be paused to avoid packet loss
when congestion occurs at the link, while other Class of Service flows con-
tinue on the link.
Operating Notes for PFC
Standard port-level flow control and PFC are mutually exclusive, that is,
if PFC is turned on, port-level flow control will be turned off. If PFC is not
turned on, port-level flow control can be either on or off.
If PFC is turned on for a port, the port must be a 10G port type operating
in 10G mode. PFC will not be operational in any other mode than 10G.
Designating a traffic group as lossless indicates which priorities are to be
flow controlled when PFC is enabled on a port.
Configuring PFC
Note
PFC can only be configured when CEE is licensed. The
priority
option will not
be available in the
flow-control
command otherwise.
Configuring PFC extends the
flow-control
command in the global interface
config context.
Syntax:
[no] interface <
port-list
> flow-control [priority]
Enables flow control packets on the port.
Use the
no flow-control
command in the interface context to
disable flow control.
(Default: Disabled.)
[priority]
Turns on PFC for the port.
no interface <port-list> flow-control
Disables flow control.