Install Guide

Table Of Contents
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................370
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 370
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces..............................................................................................370
Creating a Port Channel...........................................................................................................................................371
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel................................................................................................... 371
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel..............................................................................................372
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel........................................................................... 373
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.............................................................................................................. 375
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.......................................................................................................................................... 379
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 380
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................380
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.......................................................................................................................... 382
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port.............................................................................. 383
Configuring wavelength for 10Gigabit SFP+ optics.............................................................................................385
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................... 385
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................388
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................389
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................389
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................390
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface..................................................................................................................390
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................................................... 391
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces..................................................................................................................391
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces........................................................................................................... 391
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 393
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 393
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................394
Dynamic Counters.......................................................................................................................................................... 395
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 395
Compressing Configuration Files................................................................................................................................ 396
Chapter 20: IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................... 399
IP Addresses.................................................................................................................................................................... 400
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses....................................................................................................................... 400
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface.....................................................................................................................400
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................. 401
Adding description for IPv4 and IPv6 static routes..........................................................................................402
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 403
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages..............................................................................403
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection.................................................................................... 403
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