What is flow control and how does it work in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

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Issue

  • What is flow control and how does it work in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
  • when I run the ethtool command, I receive the following output. Is Control flow enable ? What do the last 2 rows mean ?
[root]# ethtool -a eth4
Pause parameters for eth4:
Autonegotiate:  on
RX:             on
TX:             on
RX negotiated:  off
TX negotiated:  off

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Any Version)

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