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Enabling IGMP Immediate-Leave................................................................................................................................ 376
IGMP Snooping................................................................................................................................................................ 377
Configuring IGMP Snooping................................................................................................................................... 377
Removing a Group-Port Association.....................................................................................................................377
Disabling Multicast Flooding................................................................................................................................... 378
Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router................................................................................... 378
Configuring the Switch as Querier........................................................................................................................378
Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes................................................................................................ 379
Egress Interface Selection (EIS) for HTTP and IGMP Applications................................................................... 379
Designating a Multicast Router Interface................................................................................................................. 386
Chapter 22: Interfaces...............................................................................................................387
Interface Types................................................................................................................................................................388
View Basic Interface Information................................................................................................................................388
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...............................................................................................390
Enabling a Physical Interface....................................................................................................................................... 390
Physical Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................... 391
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces................................................................................................. 391
Overview of Layer Modes........................................................................................................................................391
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode................................................................................................................. 391
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................392
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode..................................................................................................................392
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................393
Monitoring internal physical temperature of 10GBase-T optical ports.............................................................. 393
Enabling temperature polling on ports.................................................................................................................395
Setting the reset port to normal mode................................................................................................................395
Automatic recovery of an Err-disabled interface....................................................................................................395
Configuring an automatic recovery for an Err-disabled interface.................................................................396
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)................................................................................................................................. 397
Configuring EIS.......................................................................................................................................................... 397
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 397
Configuring Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................397
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................399
VLAN Interfaces..............................................................................................................................................................399
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................400
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................. 400
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................401
Port Channel Definition and Standards................................................................................................................ 401
Port Channel Benefits.............................................................................................................................................. 401
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................. 401
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 402
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces............................................................................................. 402
Creating a Port Channel.......................................................................................................................................... 402
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................. 402
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................. 404
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...........................................................................405
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN...........................................................................................405
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................ 406
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel....................................................................................................................406
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 406
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