Users Guide

Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................347
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................348
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 348
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................349
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 349
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 349
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................350
Conguring Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 350
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port................................................................................ 351
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 352
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 352
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 353
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 353
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................353
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................353
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................354
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 354
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................354
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 355
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................355
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................ 357
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...............................................................................357
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 358
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 359
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................359
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................359
Load-Balancing Method..........................................................................................................................................360
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................360
Bulk Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................... 361
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................ 361
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................362
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 363
Dene the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 363
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 363
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 364
Split 40G Ports on a 16X40G QSFP+ Module........................................................................................................... 365
Splitting 100G Ports...................................................................................................................................................... 366
Link Dampening..............................................................................................................................................................367
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................367
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................ 367
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 368
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................ 369
Enabling Pause Frames........................................................................................................................................... 370
Congure the MTU Size on an Interface....................................................................................................................370
Port-Pipes........................................................................................................................................................................371
CR4 Auto-Negotiation....................................................................................................................................................371
FEC Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................372
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