Netgear M4250-26G4XF-PoE User Manual - Page 59

Con flow control for one or more interfaces

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AV Line of Fully Managed Switches M4250 Series To set the frame size for one or more ports or LAGs: 1. Launch a web browser. 2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch. The login page displays. 3. In the Login Name field, enter admin as the user name, in the Password field, enter your local device password, and click the AV UI Login button. The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in. The Overview page displays. 4. Select Configure > Port configuration. The Port Configuration page displays. 5. Click the Port Interface Settings link: The Interface Settings page displays. 6. Select the one or more ports to which the settings must apply by clicking individual ports or, to select all ports, select the Select All Ports check box. If you configured LAGs (see Link Aggregation on page 33), you can also select one or more LAGs. 7. In the Frame Size field, enter a value from 1500 ( the minimum) to 9198 (the maximum). The default value is 9198. 8. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. 9. To save the settings to the running configuration, at the top of the page, click the Save icon or text. Configure flow control for one or more interfaces You can configure IEEE 802.3x flow control, which can help to prevent data loss when the port cannot keep up with the number of frames being switched: • Symmetric flow control: With symmetric flow control, the switch can send a pause frame to stop traffic on the port if the amount of memory used by the packets on the port exceeds a preconfigured threshold and responds to pause requests from partner Port Configuration 59 Audio Video User Manual

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To set the frame size for one or more ports or LAGs:
1.
Launch a web browser.
2.
In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login page displays.
3.
In the
Login Name
field, enter
admin
as the user name, in the
Password
field, enter
your local device password, and click the
AV UI Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must
specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The Overview page displays.
4.
Select
Configure > Port configuration
.
The Port Configuration page displays.
5.
Click the
Port Interface Settings
link:
The Interface Settings page displays.
6.
Select the one or more ports to which the settings must apply by clicking individual
ports or, to select all ports, select the
Select All Ports
check box.
If you configured LAGs (see Link
Aggregation
on page 33), you can also select one
or more LAGs.
7.
In the
Frame Size
field, enter a value from
1500
( the minimum) to
9198
(the
maximum).
The default value is 9198.
8.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
9.
To save the settings to the running configuration, at the top of the page, click the
Save
icon or text.
Configure flow control for one or more
interfaces
You can configure IEEE 802.3x flow control, which can help to prevent data loss when
the port cannot keep up with the number of frames being switched:
Symmetric flow control
: With symmetric flow control, the switch can send a pause
frame to stop traffic on the port if the amount of memory used by the packets on the
port exceeds a preconfigured threshold and responds to pause requests from partner
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Port Configuration
AV Line of Fully Managed Switches M4250 Series