Administrator Guide

Port Pipes................................................................................................................................................................. 447
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................................................ 447
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.................................................................................................... 448
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 448
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................449
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 449
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................450
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 450
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)...................................................................................................................................451
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 451
Conguring EIS.........................................................................................................................................................451
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................452
Conguring a Dedicated Management Interface ................................................................................................452
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 453
Port Extender Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................. 454
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 454
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................455
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 456
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................456
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................456
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................456
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................ 456
10/40 Gbps Interfaces in Port Channels...............................................................................................................457
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................457
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................457
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................458
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................460
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 460
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN.............................................................................................. 461
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................... 461
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................462
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................462
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................462
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 463
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................463
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................463
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 465
Dene the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 465
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 465
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 466
Maintenance Using TDR......................................................................................................................................... 467
Displaying Trac Statistics on HiGig Ports.................................................................................................................467
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 468
Monitoring HiGig Link Bundles.....................................................................................................................................468
Guidelines for Monitoring HiGig Link-Bundles .....................................................................................................469
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