Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................... 368
Egress Interface Selection (EIS).....................................................................................................................................369
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................369
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 369
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................. 370
Conguring Management Interfaces........................................................................................................................ 370
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port........................................................................................371
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................372
Loopback Interfaces....................................................................................................................................................... 373
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 373
Port Channel Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................373
Port Channel Denition and Standards..................................................................................................................... 374
Port Channel Benets...............................................................................................................................................374
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................... 374
Interfaces in Port Channels.......................................................................................................................................374
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces...................................................................................................... 375
Creating a Port Channel........................................................................................................................................... 375
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel..........................................................................................................375
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel...................................................................................................... 377
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...................................................................................... 378
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN................................................................................................... 378
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel...............................................................................................................379
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................................................379
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................................................380
Changing the Hash Algorithm.................................................................................................................................. 380
Bulk Conguration...........................................................................................................................................................381
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................ 381
Bulk Conguration Examples.....................................................................................................................................381
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................... 382
Dene the Interface Range...................................................................................................................................... 383
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................................................383
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces........................................................................................................................... 383
Maintenance Using TDR...........................................................................................................................................384
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...............................................................................................................................385
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port......................................................................................... 385
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................386
Example Scenarios...................................................................................................................................................386
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................. 390
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................390
Enabling Link Dampening......................................................................................................................................... 390
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................... 391
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control..............................................................................................................392
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................ 393
Congure the MTU Size on an Interface........................................................................................................................ 393
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................................................394
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