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Define the Interface Range.....................................................................................................................................384
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 384
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces......................................................................................................................385
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................386
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 386
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports..........................................................................................................................386
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port.............................................................................. 387
Configuring wavelength for 10Gigabit SFP+ optics............................................................................................. 391
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................... 392
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................394
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................395
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................395
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................396
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 396
Port-Pipes.........................................................................................................................................................................397
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................. 397
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces...........................................................................................................397
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 399
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 399
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................400
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally........................................................................................................ 401
Dynamic Counters...........................................................................................................................................................402
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 402
Chapter 25: Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).........................................................................404
Configuring IPSec ..........................................................................................................................................................404
Chapter 26: IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................... 406
IP Addresses.....................................................................................................................................................................407
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses........................................................................................................................407
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface..................................................................................................................... 407
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................ 408
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 409
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview......................................................................................................................... 409
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages...............................................................................410
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection..................................................................................... 410
Enabling Directed Broadcast......................................................................................................................................... 411
Resolution of Host Names..............................................................................................................................................411
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................411
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains................................................................................ 412
Configuring DNS with Traceroute............................................................................................................................... 412
ARP..................................................................................................................................................................................... 413
Configuration Tasks for ARP........................................................................................................................................ 413
Configuring Static ARP Entries.................................................................................................................................... 413
Enabling Proxy ARP.........................................................................................................................................................414
Clearing ARP Cache........................................................................................................................................................ 414
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP................................................................................................................................414
Enabling ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP...............................................................................................................414
ARP Learning via ARP Request....................................................................................................................................415
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