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Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces..............................................................................................370
Creating a Port Channel.......................................................................................................................................... 370
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................. 370
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel..............................................................................................372
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel........................................................................... 372
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN........................................................................................... 373
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.........................................................................................................374
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.................................................................................................................... 374
Load Balancing Through Port Channels...............................................................................................................374
Load-Balancing Method...........................................................................................................................................374
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 375
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 376
Interface Range......................................................................................................................................................... 376
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................376
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................378
Define the Interface Range.....................................................................................................................................378
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 378
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces...................................................................................................................... 379
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................380
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 380
Splitting 100G Ports........................................................................................................................................................ 381
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................ 381
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................384
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................385
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................385
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................386
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 386
Configuring wavelength for 10Gigabit SFP+ optics.............................................................................................387
Port-Pipes.........................................................................................................................................................................388
CR4 Auto-Negotiation................................................................................................................................................... 388
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................ 388
Speed Setting on 25G Interfaces............................................................................................................................... 389
FEC Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 390
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 392
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................393
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally....................................................................................................... 394
Dynamic Counters.......................................................................................................................................................... 395
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 396
Enhanced Validation of Interface Ranges.................................................................................................................396
Compressing Configuration Files................................................................................................................................ 396
OUI on 25G and 50G Interfaces..................................................................................................................................398
Configuring OUI on 25G and 50G Interfaces.....................................................................................................399
Chapter 21: IPv4 Routing...........................................................................................................400
IP Addresses..................................................................................................................................................................... 401
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses........................................................................................................................ 401
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface......................................................................................................................401
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................ 402
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 403
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages..............................................................................403
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