Users Guide

Port Channel Definition and Standards................................................................................................................ 389
Port Channel Benefits.............................................................................................................................................389
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................ 389
Interfaces in Port Channels....................................................................................................................................390
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................390
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................391
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................391
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................... 393
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 393
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN.............................................................................................394
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..........................................................................................................395
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................395
Load Balancing Through Port Channels............................................................................................................... 395
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................396
Bulk Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 397
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................397
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................397
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................399
Define the Interface Range....................................................................................................................................399
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro....................................................................................................................399
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.......................................................................................................................399
Maintenance Using TDR.........................................................................................................................................400
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................401
Link Dampening.............................................................................................................................................................. 401
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................402
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................402
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 403
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................404
Enabling Pause Frames...........................................................................................................................................405
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface................................................................................................................... 405
Port-Pipes...................................................................................................................................................................... 406
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces.................................................................................................................. 406
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................................................406
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 408
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................ 408
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..............................................................................................................409
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally.......................................................................................................... 410
Dynamic Counters...........................................................................................................................................................411
Clearing Interface Counters....................................................................................................................................412
Compressing Configuration Files..................................................................................................................................412
22 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)...........................................................................................................416
Configuring IPSec ..........................................................................................................................................................416
23 IPv4 Routing.............................................................................................................................................418
IP Addresses................................................................................................................................................................... 419
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