Users Guide

Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 374
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro....................................................................................................................374
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 375
Maintenance Using TDR.........................................................................................................................................376
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload.............................................................................................................................376
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...........................................................................................................................378
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port..................................................................................378
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 379
Example Scenarios...................................................................................................................................................379
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................ 381
Link Dampening.............................................................................................................................................................. 381
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................381
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................381
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 383
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................383
Enabling Pause Frames...........................................................................................................................................384
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface................................................................................................................... 385
Port-Pipes...................................................................................................................................................................... 385
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................................................................386
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................................................386
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 387
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................ 388
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..............................................................................................................389
Dynamic Counters.........................................................................................................................................................390
Clearing Interface Counters...................................................................................................................................390
Compressing Configuration Files..................................................................................................................................391
20 IPv4 Routing............................................................................................................................................394
IP Addresses...................................................................................................................................................................395
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 395
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses.........................................................................................................................395
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface...................................................................................................................... 395
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................ 396
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface......................................................................................... 397
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages................................................................................. 398
Configuring the ICMP Source Interface...............................................................................................................398
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection........................................................................................398
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................399
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................399
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................399
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains...................................................................................400
Configuring DNS with Traceroute...............................................................................................................................400
ARP.................................................................................................................................................................................. 401
Configuration Tasks for ARP........................................................................................................................................ 401
Configuring Static ARP Entries.................................................................................................................................... 401
Enabling Proxy ARP.......................................................................................................................................................402
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