Cisco Cisco Packet Data Gateway (PDG)
flow-control
Enables and disables flow control on the ASR 5000 Quad Gig-E line card (QGLC) and 10-Gig-E line card
(XGLC).
(XGLC).
Product
PDSN
SGSN
GGSN
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Command Modes
Exec > Global Configuration > Ethernet Port Configuration
configure > port ethernet slot_number/port_number
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]
host_name
(config-port-
slot_number/port_number
)#
Syntax Description
[ no ] flow-control
no
Disables flow control on the specified port.
Usage Guidelines
Flow control is enabled by default on the QGLC and can be disabled using the no command on a per-port
basis. This command does not work on the Fast Ethernet Line Card (FELC) and Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
(GELC/GLC2) which do not support flow control.
basis. This command does not work on the Fast Ethernet Line Card (FELC) and Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
(GELC/GLC2) which do not support flow control.
Flow control must be enabled on all XGLCs in the chassis. To prevent XGLC shutdowns, you should also
enable flow control at 6Gbps on the peer ports of all routers in your network that connect with the ASR
5000.
enable flow control at 6Gbps on the peer ports of all routers in your network that connect with the ASR
5000.
Important
Examples
After flow control has been disabled, use the following command to enable flow control:
flow-control
flow-control
Command Line Interface Reference, Modes E - F, StarOS Release 19
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Ethernet Port Configuration Mode Commands
flow-control