Users Guide

636 Port Characteristics
What Interface Types are Supported?
The physical ports on the switch include the out-of-band (OOB) interface
(Dell EMC Networking N3000-ON and N3100-ON Series only) and Ethernet
switch ports. The OOB interface supports a limited set of features and is for
switch management only. The Ethernet switch ports support many logical
features that are often supported by logical interfaces. The switch supports
the following types of logical interfaces:
• Port-based VLANs — For more information, see "VLANs" on page 745.
• VLAN routing interfaces — For more information, see "Routing
Interfaces" on page 1175.
• Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs), which are also called port-channels) —
For more information, see "Link Aggregation" on page 1045.
• Tunnels — For more information, see "Routing Interfaces" on page 1175.
• Loopback interfaces — For more information, see "Routing Interfaces" on
page 1175.
The Dell EMC Networking N-Series switches includes the following Power
over Ethernet (PoE) models: N1108PX-ON, N1524P, N1548P, N2024P,
N2048P, N2128PX-ON, N2224PX-ON, N2248PX-ON, N3024P, N3048P,
N3048EP-ON, and N3132PX-ON. For information about configuring PoE
features for the ports, see "Managing General System Settings" on page 431.
Dell EMC Networking N3000-ON and N3100-ON Series switches have a
single expansion slot and can support the following module types:
• 10GBaseT module ( Dell EMC Networking N3000-ON)
• SFP+ module ( Dell EMC Networking N3000-ON)
• QSFP+ module ( Dell EMC Networking N3100-ON Series only)
• Stacking module ( Dell EMC Networking N3100-ON Series only)
What is Interface Configuration Mode?
When you use the CLI to configure physical or logical characteristics for an
interface, you must enter Interface Configuration Mode for that interface. To
enter the mode, type the keyword interface followed by the interface type and
additional information to identify the interface, such as the interface number.