DS-16B Switch Menus
Switch Management
VC Link Ctl Pressing<Enter> while VC Link Ctl is selected, displays:
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:
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:
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:
The virtual channel multicast is shown as channel 7 in the example.
You may change the multicast transmission channel to either virtual
VC Link Ctl:
0
VC Class 2:
2
VC Class 3:
3
VC Multicast:
7
