02-13-2012 11:10 AM - edited 03-07-2019 04:54 AM
Will enabling flow control on a switchport disrupt current connections?
02-13-2012 11:14 AM
Hi Russell,
After enabling the flow control, the port will go down and up - this process will take approximately 2 seconds according to my brief experiment. So there will definitely be a transient outage.
Best regards,
Peter
02-13-2012 05:08 PM
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Just as an aside, wondering why you're considering enabling Ethernet flow control as its and all-or-nothing deal with standard Ethernet.
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