EMC DS-16B manual VC Link Ctl, VC Class 2, VC Class 3, VC Multicast

Switch Management

VC Link Ctl Pressing<Enter> while VC Link Ctl is selected, displays:

VC Link Ctl: 0

The Virtual Channel Link Control changes the link control channel.

There are two options: 0 and 1.

Option 0 forces data receipt acknowledgments on Class 2 channels to be sent back on the data channel. This traffic consumes a portion of the available data channel bandwidth.

Option 1 allows data receipt acknowledgment packets to use the VC-1 (internal switch traffic channel) which frees additional bandwidth in the data channel, and transfers the data receipt traffic load to the switch’s internal traffic channel.

VC Class 2 Pressing <Enter> while VC Class 2 is selected, displays:

VC Class 2: 2

This example shows the default channel as 2, but you can also select virtual channel 3, 4, or 5.

VC Class 3 Pressing <Enter> while VC Class 3 is selected, displays:

VC Class 3: 3

This example shows the default channel as 3, but you can select virtual channel 2, 4, or 5.

VC Multicast Pressing <Enter> while VC Multicast is selected, displays:

VC Multicast: 7

The virtual channel multicast is shown as channel 7 in the example.

You may change the multicast transmission channel to either virtual

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