Enabling a Physical Interface....................................................................................................................................... 369
Physical Interfaces..........................................................................................................................................................370
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces.................................................................................................370
Overview of Layer Modes....................................................................................................................................... 370
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode................................................................................................................. 371
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode..................................................................................................................371
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................371
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode................................................................................................................. 372
Automatic recovery of an Err-disabled interface.................................................................................................... 373
Configuring an automatic recovery for an Err-disabled interface.................................................................373
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)................................................................................................................................. 374
Configuring EIS.......................................................................................................................................................... 374
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 375
Configuring Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................375
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................ 376
S6100 — OIR..............................................................................................................................................................377
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................. 377
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................378
Null Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................................378
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 378
Port Channel Definition and Standards................................................................................................................379
Port Channel Benefits..............................................................................................................................................379
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................379
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 379
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces............................................................................................. 380
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................380
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................. 380
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................. 382
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...........................................................................382
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN........................................................................................... 383
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................ 384
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel....................................................................................................................384
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 384
Load-Balancing Method...........................................................................................................................................384
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 385
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 386
Interface Range......................................................................................................................................................... 386
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................386
Defining Interface Range Macros............................................................................................................................... 388
Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 388
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 388
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces......................................................................................................................388
Split 40G Ports on a 16X40G QSFP+ Module..........................................................................................................389
Splitting 100G Ports....................................................................................................................................................... 390
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................ 391
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................394
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................395
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................395
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................396
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 396
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