Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode................................................................................................................ 370
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode................................................................................................................. 370
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................371
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode..................................................................................................................371
Automatic recovery of an Err-disabled interface.................................................................................................... 372
Configuring an automatic recovery for an Err-disabled interface.................................................................372
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)................................................................................................................................. 373
Configuring EIS.......................................................................................................................................................... 373
Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................374
Configuring Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................374
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................ 375
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................. 376
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................376
Null Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................. 377
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................377
Port Channel Definition and Standards................................................................................................................377
Port Channel Benefits.............................................................................................................................................. 377
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................378
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 378
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces..............................................................................................378
Creating a Port Channel.......................................................................................................................................... 379
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................. 379
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................. 380
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel............................................................................381
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................381
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................ 382
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel....................................................................................................................382
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 383
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 383
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 384
Interface Range......................................................................................................................................................... 384
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................384
Defining Interface Range Macros............................................................................................................................... 386
Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 386
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 386
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces......................................................................................................................386
Maintenance Using TDR.......................................................................................................................................... 387
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 388
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................388
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports..........................................................................................................................390
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port...............................................................................391
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics............................................................................................ 395
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................... 395
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................ 398
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................399
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................399
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................400
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface..................................................................................................................400
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................................................... 401
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces..................................................................................................................401
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