API Guide

Table Of Contents
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 408
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 408
Interface Range......................................................................................................................................................... 408
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................409
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 410
Define the Interface Range..................................................................................................................................... 410
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 410
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 411
Maintenance Using TDR...........................................................................................................................................412
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers...................................................................................................................................412
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................ 413
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...........................................................................................................................414
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port...............................................................................415
Configuring wavelength for 10Gigabit SFP+ optics............................................................................................. 416
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................ 417
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................ 420
Link Bundle Monitoring...................................................................................................................................................421
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control...................................................................................................... 421
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................ 422
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 422
Port-Pipes.........................................................................................................................................................................423
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................. 423
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces.......................................................................................................... 424
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 425
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 426
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................426
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally........................................................................................................427
Dynamic Counters...........................................................................................................................................................429
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 429
Discard Counters............................................................................................................................................................ 430
Display discard counters..........................................................................................................................................430
Chapter 23: Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).........................................................................432
Configuring IPSec .......................................................................................................................................................... 432
Chapter 24: IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................... 434
IP Addresses.....................................................................................................................................................................435
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses........................................................................................................................435
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface.....................................................................................................................435
Configuring Static Routes.............................................................................................................................................436
Adding description for IPv4 and IPv6 static routes.......................................................................................... 437
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 438
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview..........................................................................................................................438
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages..............................................................................439
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection.....................................................................................439
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................439
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................ 440
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names.......................................................................................................... 440
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains................................................................................ 441
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