Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................... 370
Egress Interface Selection (EIS).....................................................................................................................................370
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................371
Conguring EIS......................................................................................................................................................... 371
Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................. 371
Conguring Management Interfaces.........................................................................................................................371
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port....................................................................................... 373
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................373
Loopback Interfaces....................................................................................................................................................... 374
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 375
Port Channel Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................375
Port Channel Denition and Standards.....................................................................................................................375
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................. 375
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................... 375
Interfaces in Port Channels...................................................................................................................................... 376
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.......................................................................................................376
Creating a Port Channel........................................................................................................................................... 376
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 377
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................................................378
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel......................................................................................379
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN................................................................................................... 379
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel...............................................................................................................380
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................................................... 381
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.................................................................................................................... 381
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................... 381
Bulk Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................382
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................382
Bulk Conguration Examples....................................................................................................................................383
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................... 384
Dene the Interface Range...................................................................................................................................... 384
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................................................384
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces........................................................................................................................... 384
Maintenance Using TDR.......................................................................................................................................... 385
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...............................................................................................................................386
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port..........................................................................................387
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................ 387
Example Scenarios................................................................................................................................................... 387
Link Dampening.............................................................................................................................................................. 391
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................391
Enabling Link Dampening......................................................................................................................................... 392
Link Bundle Monitoring...................................................................................................................................................393
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control..............................................................................................................393
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................ 394
Congure the MTU Size on an Interface........................................................................................................................395
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................................................395
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