rx-buffers
Syntax
rx-buffers (on | off);
Hierarchy Level
[edit interfaces interface-name ether-options configured-flow-control]
Description
Enable or disable an interface to generate and send Ethernet PAUSE messages. If you enable the receive buffers to generate and send PAUSE messages, when the receive buffers reach a certain level of fullness, the interface sends a PAUSE message to the connected peer. If the connected peer is properly configured, it stops transmitting frames to the interface on the entire link. When the interface receive buffer empties below a certain threshold, the interface sends a message to the connected peer to resume sending frames.
Ethernet PAUSE prevents buffers from overflowing and dropping
packets during periods of network congestion. If the other devices
in the network are also configured to support PAUSE, PAUSE supports
lossless operation. Use the rx-buffers statement with the tx-buffers statement to configure asymmetric Ethernet PAUSE
on an interface. (Use the flow-control statement to enable
symmetric PAUSE and the no-flow-control statement to disable
symmetric PAUSE on an interface. Symmetric flow control and asymmetric
flow control are mutually exclusive features. If you attempt to configure
both, the switch returns a commit error.)
Ethernet PAUSE temporarily stops transmitting all traffic on a link when the buffers fill to a certain threshold. To temporarily pause traffic on individual “lanes” of traffic (each lane contains the traffic associated with a particular IEEE 802.1p code point, so there can be eight lanes of traffic on a link), use priority-based flow control (PFC).
Ethernet PAUSE and PFC are mutually exclusive features, so you cannot configure both of them on the same interface. If you attempt to configure both Ethernet PAUSE and PFC on an interface, the switch returns a commit error.
Default
Flow control is disabled. You must explicitly configure Ethernet PAUSE flow control on interfaces.
Options
on | off—Enable or disable
an interface to generate and send Ethernet PAUSE messages.
Required Privilege Level
interface—To view this statement in the configuration.interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Release Information
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 12.1.