Administrator Guide

Configuring Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................327
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................328
VLAN Interfaces..............................................................................................................................................................329
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................329
Null Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................................330
Configuring Port Delay.................................................................................................................................................. 330
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 330
Port Channel Definition and Standards................................................................................................................ 331
Port Channel Benefits...............................................................................................................................................331
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................. 331
Interfaces in Port Channels..................................................................................................................................... 331
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces..............................................................................................332
Creating a Port Channel.......................................................................................................................................... 332
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................. 332
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................. 334
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...........................................................................334
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN........................................................................................... 335
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................ 336
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel....................................................................................................................336
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 336
Load-Balancing Method...........................................................................................................................................336
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 337
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 338
Interface Range......................................................................................................................................................... 338
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................338
Defining Interface Range Macros............................................................................................................................... 340
Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 340
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 340
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.......................................................................................................................341
Maintenance Using TDR.......................................................................................................................................... 342
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................... 342
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................345
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................346
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................346
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................ 347
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 347
Port-Pipes.........................................................................................................................................................................348
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................. 348
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces.......................................................................................................... 349
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 350
Provisioning Combo Ports............................................................................................................................................. 351
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 352
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................352
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally....................................................................................................... 353
Dynamic Counters...........................................................................................................................................................354
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 355
Chapter 20: Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).........................................................................356
Configuring IPSec ..........................................................................................................................................................356
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