View Basic Interface Information................................................................................................................................ 373
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...............................................................................................375
Enabling a Physical Interface....................................................................................................................................... 375
Physical Interfaces..........................................................................................................................................................376
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces.................................................................................................376
Overview of Layer Modes....................................................................................................................................... 376
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode................................................................................................................ 376
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode................................................................................................................. 377
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode.................................................................................................................. 377
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode................................................................................................................. 378
Automatic recovery of an Err-disabled interface.................................................................................................... 378
Configuring an automatic recovery for an Err-disabled interface.................................................................379
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)................................................................................................................................. 379
Configuring EIS..........................................................................................................................................................380
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 380
Configuring Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................380
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port.............................................................................381
VLAN Interfaces..............................................................................................................................................................382
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................383
Null Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................................383
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 383
Port Channel Definition and Standards............................................................................................................... 383
Port Channel Benefits..............................................................................................................................................384
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................384
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 384
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces............................................................................................. 385
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................385
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................. 385
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel..............................................................................................387
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel........................................................................... 387
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN........................................................................................... 388
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................ 389
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel....................................................................................................................389
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 389
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 389
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 390
Interface Range.........................................................................................................................................................390
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................390
Defining Interface Range Macros............................................................................................................................... 392
Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 392
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 392
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces......................................................................................................................392
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................393
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 394
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................394
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports..........................................................................................................................396
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port..............................................................................396
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................... 398
Enabling Link Dampening......................................................................................................................................... 401
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................402
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