Users Guide

Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Initiated Trac ............................................................................ 354
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Destined Trac .......................................................................... 355
Interworking of EIS With Various Applications.....................................................................................................356
Designating a Multicast Router Interface...................................................................................................................356
21 Interfaces................................................................................................................................................. 357
Basic Interface Conguration....................................................................................................................................... 357
Advanced Interface Conguration...............................................................................................................................357
Interface Types...............................................................................................................................................................358
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................358
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...................................................................................................360
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................360
Physical Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 361
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.....................................................................................................361
Overview of Layer Modes....................................................................................................................................... 361
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................362
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 362
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................362
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 363
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................364
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 364
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 364
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................364
Conguring Management Interfaces.....................................................................................................................364
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 366
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................367
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 367
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 368
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 368
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................368
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................368
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................369
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 369
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................369
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................370
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................370
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................ 372
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...............................................................................372
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN..............................................................................................373
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel...........................................................................................................374
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel..................................................................................................................... 374
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................ 374
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 375
Bulk Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................376
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................376
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................376
Dening Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................................................377
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