Administrator Guide

Interface Types...............................................................................................................................................................390
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................390
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...................................................................................................392
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................393
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................393
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.................................................................................................... 393
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 393
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................394
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 394
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................395
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 395
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................396
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 396
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 396
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................397
Conguring Management Interfaces.....................................................................................................................397
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 398
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 399
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................400
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 400
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................400
Port Channel Denition and Standards................................................................................................................. 401
Port Channel Benets..............................................................................................................................................401
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................. 401
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 402
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................402
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................402
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................403
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................404
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 405
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 405
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 406
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel..................................................................................................................... 407
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................407
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 407
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 408
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 408
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................408
Dening Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................................................410
Dene the Interface Range.....................................................................................................................................410
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.....................................................................................................................410
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.........................................................................................................................411
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................412
Non Dell-Qualied Transceivers....................................................................................................................................412
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................. 413
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