Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 413
Configuring Management Interfaces..........................................................................................413
Configuring Management Interfaces on the S-Series............................................................... 414
VLAN Interfaces.................................................................................................................................415
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................... 416
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 416
Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................................416
Port Channel Definition and Standards...................................................................................... 417
Port Channel Benefits..................................................................................................................417
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................... 417
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................418
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces...................................................................... 418
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................. 418
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel...........................................................................419
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel...................................................................... 421
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................422
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................423
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................423
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................423
Load-Balancing Method.............................................................................................................423
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................424
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................425
Interface Range...........................................................................................................................425
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................... 426
Defining Interface Range Macros.....................................................................................................427
Define the Interface Range.........................................................................................................428
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 428
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................428
Maintenance Using TDR............................................................................................................. 429
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 430
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................ 431
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................431
Support for LM4 Optics.............................................................................................................. 432
Example Scenarios......................................................................................................................432
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................436
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 436
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................436
Link Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................... 438
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control.............................................................................. 438
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................439
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.........................................................................................440