
Important OSM/ESM Functions
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Industrial Ethernet OSM/ESM Network Management
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2.12 Flow Control
Flow control is a mechanism that reduces the risk of data loss in the network
resulting from overload.
The OSM/ESM supports two flow control mechanisms:
S Half Duplex Flow Control (Back Pressure) for ports operating in the half
duplex mode. With this type of flow control, the OSM/ESM reduces the packet
rate received at a port if there is overload in the network by generating
additional collisions.
S Full Duplex Flow Control complying with the IEEE 802.3x standard for ports
operating in the full duplex mode. If there is overload, the OSM/ESM generates
pause packets that stop or re-enable the sending of new packets by the
connected partner device. This is only possible when the DTE supports full
duplex flow control.
Half and full duplex flow control can be activated separately for each port of the
OSM/ESM. If the OSM/ESM port is operating in the autonegotiation mode, the
devices automatically negotiate whether or not the full duplex flow control is
activated. It is also possible to deactivate flow control for all ports of the OSM/ESM
at the same time.
Note
As default, full duplex flow control is deactivated. If you activate this, remember
that this can delay time-of-day synchronization frames.
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