Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................... 418
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 418
Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................................418
Port Channel Definition and Standards......................................................................................419
Port Channel Benefits................................................................................................................. 419
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................419
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels....................................................................... 420
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................420
Creating a Port Channel.............................................................................................................420
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel...........................................................................421
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................423
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................424
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................425
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................425
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................425
Load-Balancing on the S- Series................................................................................................425
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................426
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................427
Interface Range........................................................................................................................... 427
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................... 428
Defining Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................... 429
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................ 430
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 430
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................430
Maintenance Using TDR..............................................................................................................431
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 432
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................ 433
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 433
Support for LM4 Optics.............................................................................................................. 434
Example Scenarios......................................................................................................................434
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................438
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 438
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................438
Link Bundle Monitoring....................................................................................................................440
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control..............................................................................440
Threshold Settings.......................................................................................................................441
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................442
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface......................................................................................... 442
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................... 443
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces........................................................................................443
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.................................................... 444