Re: GB Ethernet and Switch Flow Control

Thanks Doc


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:50 AM, DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

IBM i doesn't assert or honor flow control frames for Ethernet,
therefore we don't care. They can hold up the 'stop sign' all day and
we'll blow right through it. :-)

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com
www.iInTheCloud.com

On 4/8/2014 1:07 PM, Kirk Goins wrote:

I have a client where their network switches default a parm called
flow-control to On.
They have discovered with some of their non-iSeries HW that setting

causes

a performance issue. I have been asked what is the preferred setting ( or
do we care? ) for use with iSeries GB NICs.

IBM Support's answer was since they don't have a parm to set in the

iSeries

then they don't care.

Any body has a better answer?

Thanks

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