Deployment Guide

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Table 42. Layer Modes
Type of Interface Possible Modes Requires Creation Default State
10 Gigabit Ethernet,
25Gigabit Ethernet, 40
Gigabit Ethernet, 50Gigabit
Ethernet, and 100Gigabit
Ethernet.
Layer 2
Layer 3
No Shutdown (disabled)
Management N/A No Shutdown (disabled)
Loopback Layer 3 Yes No shutdown (enabled)
Null interface N/A No Enabled
Port Channel
Layer 2
Layer 3
Yes Shutdown (disabled)
VLAN
Layer 2
Layer 3
Yes, except for the default
VLAN.
No shutdown (active for
Layer 2)
Shutdown (disabled for Layer
3 )
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode
Do not configure switching or Layer 2 protocols such as spanning tree protocol (STP) on an interface unless the interface has
been set to Layer 2 mode.
To set Layer 2 data transmissions through an individual interface, use the following command.
Enable Layer 2 data transmissions through an individual interface.
INTERFACE mode
switchport
DellEMC(conf-if)#show config
!
interface Port-channel 1
no ip address
switchport
no shutdown
DellEMC(conf-if)#
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode
To configure an interface in Layer 2 mode, use the following commands.
Enable the interface.
INTERFACE mode
no shutdown
Place the interface in Layer 2 (switching) mode.
INTERFACE mode
switchport
To view the interfaces in Layer 2 mode, use the show interfaces switchport command in EXEC mode.
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Interfaces