From: Balaji Siva (bsivasub@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2005 - 03:12:19 GMT-3
See if this helps,
show counters 11/48
0 txPause = 0
1 rxPause = 0
0 rxTotalDrops = 0
1 rxFIFOFull = 0 <===
also show mac, look for in-discards
Since you have congestion, you may see these increase. Ofcourse once
you configure flowcontrol, you may see pause frames increase which
would definetly is a sign that you needed them in the first place.
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:56:29 -0500, McNeace, Roger <RMcNeace@ciena.com> wrote:
> Catalyst 6500, CatOS 8.3.(4)
>
> I recently had some issues with slow responding Netapp appliances. According to Netapp flowcontrol needs to be applied to the switch interface.
>
> set port flowcontrol 11/48 send on
> set port flowcontrol 11/48 recieve on
>
> Question: I know this has something to do with buffers and sending pause frames, but when do I know when this is needed other than calling the NIC manufacturer of the attached device? Looked up commands on Cisco website but failed to get any technical insight. Thanks
>
> Roger McNeace CCIE#12777
> Prinicipal Network Engineer
> Ciena Corporation
> 410-694-5805
> rmcneace@ciena.com
>
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