Configuring Flow Control on a Cisco 3750 or 2970 Switch

Flow control is an important network function for iSCSI SANs.  I had a question come up on it at my Storage@work site in a comment and I thought I'd put the same information out here in this blog entry:

If you have a sample configuration for the iSCSI and Cisco Switch configuration, that would be very helpful. 

There is a document on our web site listed on this page (under the category of network switching).  You can download after registering.

http://www.equallogic.com/resources/technicaldocumentsview.aspx?id=364


There's a lot of stuff in the doc, but the section on flow control has this:

The following commands shows how to configure Gigabit Ethernet interface 0/1 on switch 1 to
auto-negotiate the correct Flow Control setting with the device to which it is connected:

Switch> enable
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet1/0/1
Switch(config-if)# flowcontrol receive desired
Switch(config-if)# exit
Switch(config)# exit
Switch# copy running-config startup-config

To view or confirm Flow Control status on a port, use the following command:

Switch# show flowcontrol interface gigabitethernet1/0/1

 

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Rif Kiamil said:

Any news on supporting the Dell 6xxx switchs? Also where the example of setting this up on the Dell 5xxx switchs?

 
Rif

Dell CX and PS Storage Customer

 

Marc Farley, Inside IT Lead Blogger said:

 There isn't any news yet on the 6xxx switches, which are not done with testing. I'll check into the 5xxx switches.  I don't know if a document exists for them yet.

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