Concept Guide

Port Pipes................................................................................................................................................................. 449
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................................................ 449
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces....................................................................................................450
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 450
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode.................................................................................................................. 451
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode................................................................................................................... 451
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................452
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 452
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................453
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 453
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 453
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................454
Conguring a Dedicated Management Interface ................................................................................................454
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 455
Port Extender Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................. 456
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 456
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 457
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 458
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................458
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................458
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................458
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................458
10/40 Gbps Interfaces in Port Channels...............................................................................................................459
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................459
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 459
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................460
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................462
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 462
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 463
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 463
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................464
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................464
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................464
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 465
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 465
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................465
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 467
Dene the Interface Range.....................................................................................................................................467
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 467
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 468
Maintenance Using TDR.........................................................................................................................................469
Displaying Trac Statistics on HiGig Ports................................................................................................................ 469
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................470
Monitoring HiGig Link Bundles..................................................................................................................................... 470
Guidelines for Monitoring HiGig Link-Bundles ......................................................................................................471
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