Concept Guide

Mapping of Management Applications and Trac Type.....................................................................................383
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Initiated Trac ............................................................................ 384
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Destined Trac .......................................................................... 385
Interworking of EIS With Various Applications.....................................................................................................385
Designating a Multicast Router Interface...................................................................................................................386
19 Interfaces................................................................................................................................................. 387
Basic Interface Conguration....................................................................................................................................... 387
Advanced Interface Conguration............................................................................................................................... 387
Interface Types...............................................................................................................................................................388
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................388
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...................................................................................................390
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................ 391
Physical Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 391
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.....................................................................................................391
40G to 1G Breakout Cable Adaptor........................................................................................................................391
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 392
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................393
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 393
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................393
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 394
Automatic recovery of an Err-disabled interface.......................................................................................................395
Conguring an automatic recovery for an Err-disabled interface......................................................................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
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