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Defining Interface Range Macros............................................................................................................................... 386
Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 386
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 386
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces...................................................................................................................... 387
Displaying Traffic Statistics on HiGig Ports............................................................................................................. 388
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................388
Monitoring HiGig Link Bundles.....................................................................................................................................388
Enabling HiGig Link-Bundle Monitoring............................................................................................................... 390
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 390
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................ 391
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...........................................................................................................................391
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port........................................................................ 392
Configuring wavelength for 10Gigabit SFP+ optics.............................................................................................393
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................... 393
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................ 396
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................397
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................398
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 398
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................. 399
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 399
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 400
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................400
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally........................................................................................................ 401
Dynamic Counters...........................................................................................................................................................403
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 403
Chapter 23: Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).........................................................................404
Configuring IPSec ..........................................................................................................................................................404
Chapter 24: IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................... 406
IP Addresses.....................................................................................................................................................................407
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses........................................................................................................................407
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface..................................................................................................................... 407
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................ 408
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 409
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................409
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................ 409
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names...........................................................................................................410
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains................................................................................ 410
Configuring DNS with Traceroute................................................................................................................................ 411
ARP...................................................................................................................................................................................... 411
Configuration Tasks for ARP......................................................................................................................................... 411
Configuring Static ARP Entries.................................................................................................................................... 412
Enabling Proxy ARP.........................................................................................................................................................412
Clearing ARP Cache........................................................................................................................................................ 412
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP................................................................................................................................413
Enabling ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP...............................................................................................................413
ARP Learning via ARP Request....................................................................................................................................413
Configuring ARP Retries................................................................................................................................................ 414
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