Administrator Guide

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Interfaces
This chapter describes 100/1000/10000 Mbps Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet interface types, both physical
and logical, and how to congure them with the Dell Networking operating software (OS).
Basic Interface Conguration
• Interface Types
• View Basic Interface Information
• Enabling a Physical Interface
• Physical Interfaces
• Management Interfaces
• VLAN Interfaces
• Loopback Interfaces
• Null Interfaces
• Port Channel Interfaces
• Server Ports
Advanced Interface Conguration
• Bulk Conguration
• Dene the Interface Range
• Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces
• Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports
• Congure MTU Size on an Interface
• Layer 2 Flow Control Using Ethernet Pause Frames
• Congure the MTU Size on an Interface
• Port-Pipes
• Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces
• View Advanced Interface Information
Interface Types
The following table describes dierent interface types.
Interface Type
Modes Possible Default Mode Requires Creation Default State
Physical L2, L3 Unset No Shutdown (disabled)
Management N/A N/A No No Shutdown (enabled)
Loopback L3 L3 Yes No Shutdown (enabled)
Null N/A N/A No Enabled
Port Channel L2, L3 L3 Yes Shutdown (disabled)
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