
Configuring DLSw Services
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LLC2 Flow Control
The LLC2 protocol interface provides a bidirectional window and a SAP credit
allocation, that together manage flow control on individual LLC2 connections
between the router and LAN-attached SNA or NetBIOS systems.
The SAP window attempts to limit the number of outstanding frames queued for
transmission to a remote endstation from a local endstation at this SAP address, as
follows.
1. As the local endstation sends frames that the remote endstation has yet to
acknowledge, a counter on the remote DLSw switch increments.
2. When this counter reaches half the value specified in the SAP Window
parameter, the remote DLSw switch sends a flow control indication back to
the local DLSw switch.
3. The local DLSw switch sends RNRs (Receiver Not Ready) to the local
endstation to control the flow of the session.
4. As the remote endstation acknowledges frames, the counter on the remote
DLSw switch decrements.
5. After the remote endstation acknowledges all outstanding frames, the remote
DLSw switch sends an end-flow-control indication back to the local DLSw
switch.
6. The local DLSw switch then sends RR (Receiver Ready) to the local
endstation, thereby allowing it to send more frames.
TCP Flow Control
Each pair of TCP connections between DLSw peers carries data from many LLC2
sessions. When congestion occurs on the TCP/IP network between DLSw peers,
TCP
• Reduces or closes its transmit window
• Signals the local and remote LLC2 interfaces to assert flow control on any
LLC2 connections associated with the congested TCP connections
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