Users Guide

Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 446
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................447
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................447
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................448
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 448
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 448
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................449
Conguring a Dedicated Management Interface ................................................................................................449
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 450
Port Extender Interfaces............................................................................................................................................... 451
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................. 451
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 452
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 453
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................453
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................453
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................453
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................453
10/40 Gbps Interfaces in Port Channels...............................................................................................................454
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................454
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 454
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................455
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................ 457
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...............................................................................457
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 458
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 458
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................459
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................459
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................459
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 460
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 460
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................460
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 462
Dene the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 462
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 462
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 463
Maintenance Using TDR......................................................................................................................................... 464
Displaying Trac Statistics on HiGig Ports.................................................................................................................464
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 465
Monitoring HiGig Link Bundles.....................................................................................................................................465
Guidelines for Monitoring HiGig Link-Bundles .....................................................................................................466
Enabling HiGig Link-Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................467
Non Dell-Qualied Transceivers................................................................................................................................... 467
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports........................................................................................................................... 468
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................................468
Conguring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................470
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