Users Guide

10/40 Gbps Interfaces in Port Channels....................................................................................479
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................480
Creating a Port Channel.............................................................................................................480
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel..........................................................................480
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................483
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................483
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN................................................................... 484
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................484
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................485
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................485
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................485
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................486
Interface Range...........................................................................................................................486
Bulk Configuration Examples.....................................................................................................486
Defining Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................... 488
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................ 488
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 488
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................489
Maintenance Using TDR.............................................................................................................490
Displaying Traffic Statistics on HiGig Ports......................................................................................491
Link Bundle Monitoring.....................................................................................................................491
Monitoring HiGig Link Bundles........................................................................................................ 492
Guidelines for Monitoring HiGig Link-Bundles .........................................................................493
Enabling HiGig Link-Bundle Monitoring....................................................................................494
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers......................................................................................................494
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 495
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port......................................................496
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................497
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 497
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................498
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control..............................................................................499
Threshold Settings......................................................................................................................500
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................500
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface..........................................................................................501
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces........................................................................................502
Set Auto-Negotiation Options................................................................................................... 502
View Advanced Interface Information............................................................................................. 503
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size...................................................................................504
Dynamic Counters............................................................................................................................505
Clearing Interface Counters....................................................................................................... 505
23 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).............................................................. 507
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