Administrator Guide

Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................347
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................347
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.................................................................................................... 347
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 348
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................348
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 348
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................349
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 349
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................350
Conguring Management Interfaces on the Switch............................................................................................351
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 352
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 352
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 353
VLAN Membership........................................................................................................................................................ 353
Default VLAN .......................................................................................................................................................... 354
Port-Based VLANs.................................................................................................................................................. 354
VLANs and Port Tagging........................................................................................................................................ 354
Conguring VLAN Membership.............................................................................................................................355
Displaying VLAN Membership................................................................................................................................355
Adding an Interface to a Tagged VLAN................................................................................................................ 356
Adding an Interface to an Untagged VLAN..........................................................................................................356
VLAN Conguration on Physical Ports and Port-Channels................................................................................357
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................358
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................358
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................358
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................359
100/1000/10000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels...........................................................................................359
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................360
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 360
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................360
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................362
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 363
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 363
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 364
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................364
Load Balancing through Port Channels.......................................................................................................................364
Changing the Hash Algorithm......................................................................................................................................364
Server Ports................................................................................................................................................................... 365
Default Conguration without Start-up Cong................................................................................................... 365
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 366
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 366
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................367
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 368
Dene the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 368
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 368
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