Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000436-01, June 2007)

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shellFlowControlEnable

Enables XON/XOFF flow control on the console serial port.

Synopsis shellflowcontrolenable

Description Use this command to enable XON/XOFF flow control to the shell task. Flow control is disabled by

default.

Because this command changes the flow control on the console serial port, it must be executed

from a session that is logged in from the console serial port. This command cannot run from a

telnet session.

This setting saves in the configuration database; therefore, persistent across reboots and power

cycles.

On dual control processor (CP) systems, a reboot on the standby CP is required for this command to

take effect. No action is required on the active CP.

If flow control is enabled and if the console output is suspended for an extended period of time, the

switch might reboot. It is recommended to disable the flow control, using shellFlowControlDisable.

The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.

Operands none

Examples To enable flow control:

switch:admin> shellflowcontrolenable

Enabling flowcontrol

flow control is now enabled