TIP: See Clause 31, and Annex 31A and 31B of the IEEE Std 802.3 for a full description of pause operation.
The start of an IEEE Std 802.3 pause frame is shown in Table: Pause Frame Information.
|
Destination Address |
Source Address |
Type (MAC Control Frame) |
Pause Opcode |
Pause Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0x0180C2000001 |
6 bytes |
0x8808 |
0x0001 |
2 bytes |
The controller supports both hardware controlled pause of the transmitter upon reception of a pause frame and hardware generated pause frame transmission.