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Cannot enable PFC on any port on M4300-8x8F
Trying to enable PFC on some ports on our new M4300-8X8F switch, running firmware version 12.0.7.8 (latest).
Receive the following alert via web gui:
Error! PFC is not supported on this inte...
Hi ben_g
Thank you for your message -
We discovered an issue with PFC due to hardware support across the top of the line M4300 series switches.
We are in the process of updating our technical documentation and datasheet: only M4300-12X12F, M4300-24X, M4300-24X24F, M4300-48X and M4300-96X (XSM4324S, XSM4324CS, XSM4348S, XSM4348CS, XSM4396S ) are capable of Priority Flow Control (PFC). In summary, M4300 24-port 10G models and above are supporting PFC.
ben_g, please can you get back to me using Private Message? We will find a solution for you.
Regards,
Does this mean if we deploy a QNAP TS-1677XU-RP that support iSER (iSCSI Extension for RDMA) that a M4300-12X12F will be able to run iSCSI iSER traffic?
I presume if this is a yes, all of the other units above the 12X12F will also be able to support iSER.
Also is there going to be a plan for supporting iSER on the 8X8F model? - we have about 18 of the 8X8F units in the wild for SMB iSCSI VMware deployments and would like to be able to use iSER in the future.
-Trevor
Hi TeamlogcitWP,
I inquired your concern to the higher tier of NETGEAR Support. As per the higher tier of NETGEAR Support, iSER is not supported. RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) using PFC is supported for this type of networking which available on all M4300s except the 8x8 model.
Also, there is no guarantee that there would be plans to support iSER on the M4300-8X8F switch model.
Regards,
DaneA
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