Users Guide

Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................. 441
10/40 Gbps Interfaces in Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 442
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................442
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 442
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................... 443
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................... 445
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 445
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN.............................................................................................446
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..........................................................................................................446
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................446
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................447
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 447
Bulk Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 448
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 448
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................448
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................450
Define the Interface Range....................................................................................................................................450
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro....................................................................................................................450
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.......................................................................................................................450
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................451
Displaying Traffic Statistics on HiGig Ports............................................................................................................... 452
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 452
Monitoring HiGig Link Bundles.....................................................................................................................................453
Guidelines for Monitoring HiGig Link-Bundles .................................................................................................... 454
Enabling HiGig Link-Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................ 454
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 455
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...........................................................................................................................456
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port........................................................................... 456
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics............................................................................................... 457
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................. 458
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................458
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................458
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................460
Threshold Settings.................................................................................................................................................. 460
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................461
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................... 461
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................................................................462
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 463
Provisioning Combo Ports............................................................................................................................................463
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................ 464
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..............................................................................................................465
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally..........................................................................................................466
Dynamic Counters......................................................................................................................................................... 467
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 467
23 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)..........................................................................................................469
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