R21xx-HP FlexFabric 11900 Layer 2 LAN Switching Configuration Guide

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Configuring Ethernet interfaces ··································································································································· 1
Configuring the management Ethernet interface ··········································································································· 1
Ethernet interface naming conventions ··························································································································· 1
Configuring common Ethernet interface settings ··········································································································· 1
Configuring a combo interface ······························································································································· 2
Splitting a 40-GE interface and combining 10-GE interfaces ············································································· 2
Configuring basic settings of an Ethernet interface ······························································································ 3
Configuring the link mode of an Ethernet interface ······························································································ 4
Configuring jumbo frame support ·························································································································· 5
Configuring physical state change suppression on an Ethernet interface ·························································· 5
Performing a loopback test on an Ethernet interface ···························································································· 6
Configuring generic flow control on an Ethernet interface ·················································································· 7
Configuring PFC on an Ethernet interface ············································································································· 8
Setting the statistics polling interval ····················································································································· 10
Configuring a Layer 2 Ethernet interface ···················································································································· 10
Configuring storm suppression ···························································································································· 10
Configuring storm control on an Ethernet interface ··························································································· 11
Setting the MDIX mode of an Ethernet interface ································································································ 12
Testing the cable connection of an Ethernet interface ······················································································· 13
Configuring a Layer 3 Ethernet interface ···················································································································· 13
Setting the MTU for an Ethernet interface ··········································································································· 13
Displaying and maintaining an Ethernet interface ····································································································· 14
Configuring loopback and null interfaces ················································································································ 15
Configuring a loopback interface ································································································································ 15
Configuring a null interface ·········································································································································· 15
Displaying and maintaining loopback and null interfaces ························································································ 16
Bulk configuring interfaces ········································································································································ 17
Configuration guidelines ··············································································································································· 17
Configuration procedure ··············································································································································· 17
Configuring the MAC address table ························································································································ 19
Overview ········································································································································································· 19
How a MAC address entry is created ················································································································ 19
Types of MAC address entries ····························································································································· 19
MAC address table-based frame forwarding ···································································································· 20
Configuring the MAC address table ···························································································································· 20
Configuring MAC address entries ······················································································································· 20
Adding or modifying a blackhole MAC address entry ····················································································· 21
Adding or modifying a multiport unicast MAC address entry ········································································· 22
Disabling MAC address learning ························································································································ 23
Configuring the aging timer for dynamic MAC address entries ······································································ 24
Configuring the MAC learning limit on interfaces ····························································································· 24
Assigning MAC learning priority to interfaces ··································································································· 25
Enabling MAC address synchronization ············································································································ 25
Displaying and maintaining the MAC address table ································································································· 26
MAC address table configuration example ················································································································ 26
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 26
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 26