Network load control
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8.5
Flow control
Basic - L3P
Release
4.0
11/07
8.5 Flow control
8.5.1 Description of flow control
Flow control is a mechanism which acts as an overload protection for the
Switch. During periods of heavy traffic, it holds off additional traffic from the
network.
The example (see fig. 40) shows a graphic illustration of how the flow control
works. Workstations 1, 2 and 3 want to simultaneously transmit a large
amount of data to Workstation 4. The combined bandwidth of Workstations
1, 2 and 3 to the Switch is larger than the bandwidth of Workstation 4 to the
Switch. This leads to an overflow of the send queue of port 4. The funnel on
the left symbolizes this status.
If the flow control function at ports 1, 2 and 3 of the Switch is turned on, the
Switch reacts before the funnel overflows. Ports 1, 2 and 3 send a message
to the connected devices that no data can be received at present.
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