Development Tools User’s Manual
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IXP2400/IXP2800 Network Processors
Developer Workbench
The
Default port parameters
section is divided into
Receive
and
Transmit
areas. You may edit
these characteristics, which are:
Data rate (Mbits/sec)
Specifies the rate at which data is taken from the network and inserted
into the port’s receive (Rx) buffer and the rate at which data is taken from
the port’s transmit (Tx) buffer and put onto the network.
Receive buffer size
Specifies the number of bytes in the receive buffer. The receive buffer
holds the data received from the network until the Network Processor
reads it from the port.
Receive threshold
Specifies number of bytes that must be in the port’s receive buffer in
order for the port to signal the Network Processor that it can select the
port and request data from it.
Transmit buffer size
Specifies the number of bytes in the transmit buffer. The transmit buffer
holds the data transmitted by the Network Processor until it is
transmitted onto the network.
Figure 10. The Create Media Bus Device Dialog Box for x32MPHY16