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Link Dampening Support for XML
View the output of the following show commands in XML by adding | display xml to the end of the
command.
show interfaces dampening
show interfaces dampening summary
show interfaces interface x/y
Configure MTU Size on an Interface
In Dell Networking OS, Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is defined as the entire Ethernet packet
(Ethernet header + FCS + payload).
The link MTU is the frame size of a packet, and the IP MTU size is used for IP fragmentation. If the system
determines that the IP packet must be fragmented as it leaves the interface, Dell Networking OS divides
the packet into fragments no bigger than the size set in the ip mtu command.
NOTE: Because different networking vendors define MTU differently, check their documentation
when planning MTU sizes across a network.
The following table lists the range for each transmission media.
Transmission
Media
MTU Range (in bytes)
Ethernet
594-12000 = link MTU
576-9234 = IP MTU
Link Bundle Monitoring
Monitoring linked LAG bundles allows traffic distribution amounts in a link to be monitored for unfair
distribution at any given time. A threshold of 60% is defined as an acceptable amount of traffic on a
member link. Links are monitored in 15-second intervals for three consecutive instances. Any deviation
within that time sends Syslog and an alarm event generates. When the deviation clears, another Syslog
sends and a clear alarm event generates.
The link bundle utilization is calculated as the total bandwidth of all links divided by the total bytes-per-
second of all links. If you enable monitoring, the utilization calculation is performed when the utilization
of the link-bundle (not a link within a bundle) exceeds 60%.
To enable and view link bundle monitoring, use the following commands.
Enable link bundle monitoring.
ecmp-group
View all LAG link bundles being monitored.
show running-config ecmp-group
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Interfaces