Concept Guide
INTERFACE mode
flowcontrol {rx [off | on] tx [off | on] [negotiate] | monitor session-ID}
– rx on: enter the keywords rx on to process the received ow control frames on this port.
– rx off: enter the keywords rx off to ignore the received ow control frames on this port.
–
tx on: enter the keywords tx on to send control frames from this port to the connected device when a higher rate of trac is
received.
– tx off: enter the keywords tx off so that ow control frames are not sent from this port to the connected device when a
higher rate of trac is received.
– negotiate: enable pause-negotiation with the egress port of the peer device. If the negotiate command is not used, pause-
negotiation is disabled. 40 gigabit Ethernet interfaces do not support pause-negotiation.
– monitor session-ID: Enter the keyword monitor then the session–ID to enable mirror ow control frames on the port. The
session–ID range is from 1 to 65535.
Congure the MTU Size on an Interface
If a packet includes a Layer 2 header, the dierence in bytes between the link MTU and IP MTU must be enough to include the Layer 2
header.
For example, for VLAN packets, if the IP MTU is 1400, the Link MTU must be no less than 1422:
1400-byte IP MTU + 22-byte VLAN Tag = 1422-byte link MTU
The following table lists the various Layer 2 overheads found in Dell EMC Networking OS and the number of bytes.
The MTU range is from 592 to 9216, with a default of 9216. IP MTU automatically congures.
The following table lists the various Layer 2 overheads found in the Dell EMC Networking OS and the number of bytes.
Table 43. Layer 2 Overhead
Layer 2 Overhead Dierence Between Link MTU and IP MTU
Ethernet (untagged) 18 bytes
VLAN Tag 22 bytes
Untagged Packet with VLAN-Stack Header 22 bytes
Tagged Packet with VLAN-Stack Header 26 bytes
Link MTU and IP MTU considerations for port channels and VLANs are as follows.
Port Channels:
• All members must have the same link MTU value and the same IP MTU value.
• The port channel link MTU and IP MTU must be less than or equal to the link MTU and IP MTU values congured on the channel
members.
For example, if the members have a link MTU of 2100 and an IP MTU 2000, the port channel’s MTU values cannot be higher than 2100 for
link MTU or 2000 bytes for IP MTU.
VLANs:
• All members of a VLAN must have the same IP MTU value.
• Members can have dierent Link MTU values. Tagged members must have a link MTU 4–bytes higher than untagged members to
account for the packet tag.
Interfaces
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