Administrator Guide

Configuring EIS..............................................................................................................................................................311
Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................................................312
Configuring Management Interfaces.........................................................................................................................312
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port....................................................................................313
VLAN Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................314
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................... 314
Null Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................... 315
Configuring Port Delay...................................................................................................................................................... 315
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................... 315
Port Channel Definition and Standards.....................................................................................................................315
Port Channel Benefits................................................................................................................................................. 316
Port Channel Implementation.....................................................................................................................................316
Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................................................................................ 316
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................... 316
Creating a Port Channel.............................................................................................................................................. 317
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel......................................................................................................... 317
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel.................................................................................................... 319
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...................................................................................319
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN..................................................................................................319
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..............................................................................................................320
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................................................... 321
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................................................321
Changing the Hash Algorithm.....................................................................................................................................321
Bulk Configuration.............................................................................................................................................................322
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................... 322
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................... 322
Defining Interface Range Macros....................................................................................................................................324
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................................................ 324
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................................................324
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces...........................................................................................................................324
Maintenance Using TDR.............................................................................................................................................325
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics...................................................................................................326
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................. 326
Enabling Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................329
Link Bundle Monitoring.....................................................................................................................................................330
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................... 330
Enabling Pause Frames................................................................................................................................................331
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface........................................................................................................................331
Port-Pipes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 332
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................................................................... 332
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................332
Set Auto-Negotiation Options................................................................................................................................... 333
View Advanced Interface Information............................................................................................................................ 334
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..................................................................................................................335
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally............................................................................................................. 336
Dynamic Counters............................................................................................................................................................. 337
Clearing Interface Counters....................................................................................................................................... 337
Discard Counters...............................................................................................................................................................338
Display discard counters.............................................................................................................................................338
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