Concept Guide

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Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 439
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports..........................................................................................................................439
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port........................................................................ 440
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics............................................................................................. 441
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................ 441
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................442
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................443
Threshold Settings....................................................................................................................................................444
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................ 444
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 445
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................. 445
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 446
Provisioning Combo Ports............................................................................................................................................ 446
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................447
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size............................................................................................................. 447
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally....................................................................................................... 448
Dynamic Counters.......................................................................................................................................................... 450
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 450
Chapter 23: Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).........................................................................452
Configuring IPSec ..........................................................................................................................................................452
Chapter 24: IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................... 454
IP Addresses.....................................................................................................................................................................454
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses....................................................................................................................... 455
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface.....................................................................................................................455
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................ 456
Adding description for IPv4 and IPv6 static routes.......................................................................................... 457
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 457
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................458
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................ 458
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names.......................................................................................................... 458
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains............................................................................... 459
Configuring DNS with Traceroute.............................................................................................................................. 459
ARP.................................................................................................................................................................................... 460
Configuration Tasks for ARP..................................................................................................................................460
Configuring Static ARP Entries............................................................................................................................. 460
Configuring ARP Inspection Trust......................................................................................................................... 461
Configuring ARP Timeout........................................................................................................................................ 461
Enabling Proxy ARP...................................................................................................................................................461
Clearing ARP Cache................................................................................................................................................. 462
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP......................................................................................................................... 462
Enabling ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP........................................................................................................ 462
ARP Learning via ARP Request............................................................................................................................. 462
Configuring ARP Retries......................................................................................................................................... 463
ICMP.................................................................................................................................................................................. 464
Configuration Tasks for ICMP............................................................................................................................... 464
Enabling ICMP Unreachable Messages............................................................................................................... 464
ICMP Redirects............................................................................................................................................................... 464
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