Users Guide

Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................... 329
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode......................................................................................................................330
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................... 330
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode......................................................................................................................330
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)......................................................................................................................................331
Configuring EIS.............................................................................................................................................................331
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................... 332
Configuring Management Interfaces........................................................................................................................ 332
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port...................................................................................333
VLAN Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 334
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 334
Null Interfaces....................................................................................................................................................................335
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................... 335
Port Channel Definition and Standards.................................................................................................................... 335
Port Channel Benefits.................................................................................................................................................335
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................... 335
Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................................................................................336
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................336
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................................................. 336
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel........................................................................................................ 337
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................... 338
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel..................................................................................339
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN.................................................................................................339
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..............................................................................................................340
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................................................340
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................... 340
Changing the Hash Algorithm.....................................................................................................................................341
Bulk Configuration..............................................................................................................................................................341
Interface Range............................................................................................................................................................341
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................... 342
Defining Interface Range Macros....................................................................................................................................343
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................................................ 343
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................................................343
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces...........................................................................................................................344
Maintenance Using TDR.............................................................................................................................................345
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers...................................................................................................................................... 345
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.............................................................................................................................. 345
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port..................................................................................... 346
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................. 348
Enabling Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................348
Link Bundle Monitoring.....................................................................................................................................................349
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................... 350
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................................................350
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface........................................................................................................................351
Port-Pipes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 352
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................................................................... 352
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................ 352
Set Auto-Negotiation Options...................................................................................................................................353
View Advanced Interface Information............................................................................................................................354
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..................................................................................................................355
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