Administrator Guide

Configuring Management Interfaces.........................................................................................................................313
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port....................................................................................315
VLAN Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................315
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................... 316
Null Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................... 316
Configuring Port Delay...................................................................................................................................................... 316
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................... 317
Port Channel Definition and Standards..................................................................................................................... 317
Port Channel Benefits..................................................................................................................................................317
Port Channel Implementation..................................................................................................................................... 317
Interfaces in Port Channels.........................................................................................................................................318
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................... 318
Creating a Port Channel..............................................................................................................................................318
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.........................................................................................................318
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................... 320
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...................................................................................321
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN..................................................................................................321
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..............................................................................................................322
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................................................322
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................... 322
Load-Balancing Method............................................................................................................................................. 322
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................................................323
Bulk Configuration.............................................................................................................................................................324
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................... 324
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................... 324
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................... 325
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................................................326
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................................................326
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces...........................................................................................................................326
Maintenance Using TDR.............................................................................................................................................327
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................. 327
Enabling Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................330
Link Bundle Monitoring......................................................................................................................................................331
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control............................................................................................................ 331
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................................................332
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface....................................................................................................................... 332
Port-Pipes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 333
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................................................................... 333
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................333
Set Auto-Negotiation Options...................................................................................................................................335
Provisioning Combo Ports................................................................................................................................................336
View Advanced Interface Information............................................................................................................................336
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.................................................................................................................. 337
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally............................................................................................................. 338
Dynamic Counters.............................................................................................................................................................339
Clearing Interface Counters.......................................................................................................................................339
20 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)........................................................................................... 341
Configuring IPSec ............................................................................................................................................................. 341
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