Administrator Guide

Configuring EIS..........................................................................................................................................................325
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 325
Configuring Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................325
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................326
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................. 327
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................328
Null Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................................328
Configuring Port Delay.................................................................................................................................................. 328
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 329
Port Channel Definition and Standards............................................................................................................... 329
Port Channel Benefits..............................................................................................................................................329
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................329
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 330
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces............................................................................................. 330
Creating a Port Channel.......................................................................................................................................... 330
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel................................................................................................... 331
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................. 332
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...........................................................................333
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN........................................................................................... 333
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.........................................................................................................334
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.................................................................................................................... 334
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 335
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 335
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 336
Interface Range......................................................................................................................................................... 336
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................336
Defining Interface Range Macros............................................................................................................................... 338
Define the Interface Range.....................................................................................................................................338
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 338
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces......................................................................................................................339
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................340
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics.............................................................................................340
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................... 340
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................343
Link Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................................................. 344
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................344
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................345
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 345
Port-Pipes.........................................................................................................................................................................346
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................. 346
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces...........................................................................................................347
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 348
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 348
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................349
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally....................................................................................................... 350
Dynamic Counters........................................................................................................................................................... 351
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 352
Discard Counters.............................................................................................................................................................352
Display discard counters..........................................................................................................................................353
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