Users Guide

VLAN Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................319
Loopback Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................. 319
Null Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................320
Port Channel Interfaces........................................................................................................................................320
Port Channel Definition and Standards.......................................................................................................320
Port Channel Benefits..................................................................................................................................... 320
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................................... 321
Interfaces in Port Channels............................................................................................................................ 321
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................................322
Creating a Port Channel................................................................................................................................. 322
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel...........................................................................................322
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................................324
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel..................................................................325
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN...................................................................................325
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.................................................................................................326
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel...........................................................................................................326
Load Balancing Through Port Channels......................................................................................................327
Load-Balancing Method................................................................................................................................. 327
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................................... 327
Bulk Configuration.................................................................................................................................................328
Interface Range.................................................................................................................................................328
Bulk Configuration Examples........................................................................................................................ 329
Defining Interface Range Macros.......................................................................................................................330
Define the Interface Range.............................................................................................................................331
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro...........................................................................................................331
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces..............................................................................................................331
Maintenance Using TDR................................................................................................................................. 332
Link Dampening......................................................................................................................................................333
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................... 333
Enabling Link Dampening...............................................................................................................................333
Link Bundle Monitoring.........................................................................................................................................335
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control.............................................................................................. 335
Enabling Pause Frames................................................................................................................................... 336
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.......................................................................................................... 336
Port-Pipes................................................................................................................................................................ 337
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces......................................................................................................... 337
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................338
Set Auto-Negotiation Options.......................................................................................................................339
Provisioning Combo Ports...................................................................................................................................340
View Advanced Interface Information............................................................................................................... 341
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.....................................................................................................341
Dynamic Counters.................................................................................................................................................342
Clearing Interface Counters...........................................................................................................................343
20 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).................................................................................................................344
Configuring IPSec ................................................................................................................................................. 344
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