flow-control

Function

The flow-control command configures a flow control mode.

The undo flow-control command restores the default flow control mode.

The default flow control mode is none, that is, flow control is disabled.

Format

flow-control { hardware | none | software }

undo flow-control

Currently, the flow control mode of the device cannot be set to hardware.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
hardware	Specifies hardware flow control.	-
none	Specifies no flow control.	-
software	Specifies software flow control.	-

Views

User interface view

Default Level

3: Management level

Usage Guidelines

The configuration is effective only when the serial interface works in asynchronous interaction mode.

If the flow control mode cannot be configured on a device, the system prompts the message "Error: Failed to run this command because of internal causes of system malfunctions."

Example

# Set the flow control mode to hardware flow control in the user interface view.

<HUAWEI> system-view

[HUAWEI] user-interface console 0

[HUAWEI-ui-console0] flow-control hardware