Reference Guide

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Control and Monitoring
This chapter contains the commands to configure and monitor the system, including Telnet, file transfer protocol (FTP),
and trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) as they apply to the following Dell Networking Z9000 platform.
NOTE: Starting in version 8.3.11.4, the enable xfp-power-updates command was deprecated for the Z9000.
This command replaces the enable optic-info-update interval command to update information on
temperature and power monitoring in the simple network management protocol (SNMP) management information
base (MIB).
asf-mode
Enable alternate store and forward (ASF) mode and forward packets as soon as a threshold is reached.
Z9000
Syntax
asf-mode stack-unit {unit-id | all} queue size
To return to standard Store and Forward mode, use the no asf-mode stack unit
command.
Parameters
unit-id Enter the stack member unit identifier of the stack member to reset.
The Z9000 range is from 0 to 7. The range is from 0 to 11.
queue size Enter the queue size of the stack member. The range is from 0 to 15.
Defaults Not configured
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Usage
Information
You must save the configuration and reload the system to implement ASF. When you enter the
command, the system sends a message stating that the new mode is enabled when the system
reloads.
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