Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................418
Configuring Management Interfaces......................................................................................... 418
Configuring Management Interfaces on the S-Series...............................................................420
VLAN Interfaces.................................................................................................................................421
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................... 422
Null Interfaces...................................................................................................................................422
Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................................422
Port Channel Definition and Standards......................................................................................423
Port Channel Benefits.................................................................................................................423
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................423
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................424
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................424
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................. 425
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................................... 425
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................427
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................428
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................429
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................429
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................429
Load-Balancing Method.............................................................................................................430
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................430
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................432
Interface Range...........................................................................................................................432
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................... 432
Defining Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................... 434
Define the Interface Range.........................................................................................................434
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 434
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................435
Maintenance Using TDR............................................................................................................. 436
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 436
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................ 437
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 438
Support for LM4 Optics.............................................................................................................. 438
Example Scenarios......................................................................................................................438
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................442
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 443
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................443
Link Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................... 444
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control.............................................................................. 445
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................446
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.........................................................................................446