Concept Guide

20 Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 402
Basic Interface Conguration.......................................................................................................................................402
Advanced Interface Conguration...............................................................................................................................402
Interface Types...............................................................................................................................................................403
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................403
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State.................................................................................................. 405
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................406
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................406
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces....................................................................................................406
Overview of Layer Modes.......................................................................................................................................407
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................407
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 408
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................408
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 408
Automatic recovery of an Err-disabled interface.......................................................................................................409
Conguring an automatic recovery for an Err-disabled interface...................................................................... 410
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)...................................................................................................................................410
Important Points to Remember...............................................................................................................................411
Conguring EIS..........................................................................................................................................................411
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................. 411
Conguring Management Interfaces...................................................................................................................... 411
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port................................................................................ 413
S6100 — OIR............................................................................................................................................................414
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................. 414
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................415
Null Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................415
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................415
Port Channel Denition and Standards..................................................................................................................416
Port Channel Benets..............................................................................................................................................416
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................. 416
Interfaces in Port Channels..................................................................................................................................... 417
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces..................................................................................................417
Creating a Port Channel...........................................................................................................................................417
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel..................................................................................................... 418
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel.................................................................................................419
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 420
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 420
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................... 421
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel..................................................................................................................... 422
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................422
Load-Balancing Method..........................................................................................................................................422
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 423
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 424
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................424
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................424
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