Reference Guide

Egress Interface Selection (EIS)........................................................................................................ 327
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 328
Configuring EIS........................................................................................................................... 328
Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................328
Configuring Management Interfaces......................................................................................... 328
Configuring Management Interfaces on the S-Series...............................................................329
VLAN Interfaces................................................................................................................................ 330
Loopback Interfaces..........................................................................................................................331
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 331
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 331
Port Channel Definition and Standards......................................................................................332
Port Channel Benefits................................................................................................................. 332
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................332
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................333
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces...................................................................... 333
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................. 334
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................................... 334
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................336
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.................................................... 337
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN....................................................................337
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................338
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................339
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................339
Load-Balancing on the S- Series................................................................................................339
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................340
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................ 341
Interface Range........................................................................................................................... 341
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................... 342
Defining Interface Range Macros.....................................................................................................343
Define the Interface Range.........................................................................................................343
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 344
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................344
Maintenance Using TDR............................................................................................................. 345
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 346
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................ 347
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................347
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................347
Link Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................... 349
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control.............................................................................. 349
Threshold Settings...................................................................................................................... 350
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................350
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface..........................................................................................351