View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................... 253
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................... 254
Physical Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................255
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces.......................................................................................................255
Overview of Layer Modes..........................................................................................................................................255
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode.....................................................................................................................256
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode......................................................................................................................256
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................... 256
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode......................................................................................................................257
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................... 257
Configuring EIS............................................................................................................................................................ 257
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................... 258
Configuring Management Interfaces........................................................................................................................258
Configuring Management Interfaces on the S-Series............................................................................................258
VLAN Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................259
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 260
Null Interfaces....................................................................................................................................................................260
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................... 260
Port Channel Definition and Standards.................................................................................................................... 260
Port Channel Benefits................................................................................................................................................. 261
Port Channel Implementation.....................................................................................................................................261
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels......................................................................................................261
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................262
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................................................. 262
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel........................................................................................................ 262
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................... 264
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel..................................................................................264
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..............................................................................................................265
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................................................265
Load Balancing Through Port Channels...................................................................................................................266
Load-Balancing Method............................................................................................................................................. 266
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................................................266
Bulk Configuration.............................................................................................................................................................267
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................... 267
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................... 268
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................... 269
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................................................269
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................................................269
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces...........................................................................................................................270
Maintenance Using TDR..............................................................................................................................................271
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports............................................................................................................................... 271
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port..................................................................................... 272
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................. 276
Enabling Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................276
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................... 278
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control............................................................................................................278
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................................................278
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface....................................................................................................................... 279
Port-Pipes.......................................................................................................................................................................... 279
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