Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 421
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 421
Port Channel Definition and Standards......................................................................................422
Port Channel Benefits.................................................................................................................422
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................422
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................423
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces...................................................................... 423
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................. 424
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................................... 424
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................426
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.................................................... 427
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................428
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................428
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................428
Load-Balancing on the S- Series................................................................................................429
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................429
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................ 431
Interface Range........................................................................................................................... 431
Bulk Configuration Examples......................................................................................................431
Defining Interface Range Macros.....................................................................................................433
Define the Interface Range.........................................................................................................433
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 433
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................434
Maintenance Using TDR............................................................................................................. 435
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 435
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................436
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................437
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................437
Link Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................... 438
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control.............................................................................. 439
Threshold Settings......................................................................................................................440
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................440
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface......................................................................................... 441
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................... 442
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces........................................................................................442
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.....................................................442
Set Auto-Negotiation Options................................................................................................... 444
View Advanced Interface Information.............................................................................................444
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size................................................................................... 445
Dynamic Counters............................................................................................................................447
Clearing Interface Counters....................................................................................................... 447