Users Guide

Overview of Layer Modes....................................................................................................................................... 321
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode.................................................................................................................. 321
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................322
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................322
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................323
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................323
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................323
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 324
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................324
Conguring Management Interfaces.....................................................................................................................324
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port................................................................................326
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................326
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 327
Null Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................327
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 327
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................328
Port Channel Benets............................................................................................................................................. 328
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................328
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 329
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................329
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................329
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................330
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel.................................................................................................331
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 332
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 332
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 333
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel..................................................................................................................... 334
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................334
Load-Balancing Method..........................................................................................................................................334
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................335
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 336
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................336
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................336
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 338
Dene the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 338
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 338
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 339
Maintenance Using TDR......................................................................................................................................... 340
Link Dampening..............................................................................................................................................................340
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 340
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................341
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 342
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................ 343
Enabling Pause Frames........................................................................................................................................... 343
Congure the MTU Size on an Interface....................................................................................................................344
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