Connectivity Guide

Table Of Contents
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 403
Bulk Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 403
Interface Range......................................................................................................................................................... 403
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................404
Defining Interface Range Macros............................................................................................................................... 405
Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 405
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro................................................................................................................... 405
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces......................................................................................................................406
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................407
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 407
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................408
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports..........................................................................................................................409
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port...............................................................................410
Configuring wavelength for 10Gigabit SFP+ optics.............................................................................................. 411
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................ 412
Enabling Link Dampening......................................................................................................................................... 415
Link Bundle Monitoring...................................................................................................................................................416
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control...................................................................................................... 416
Enabling Pause Frames.............................................................................................................................................417
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface................................................................................................................... 417
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................................................... 418
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces..................................................................................................................418
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces........................................................................................................... 419
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 420
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................ 421
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..............................................................................................................421
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally....................................................................................................... 422
Dynamic Counters...........................................................................................................................................................424
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 424
Discard Counters............................................................................................................................................................ 425
Display discard counters..........................................................................................................................................425
Chapter 23: Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)......................................................................... 427
Configuring IPSec .......................................................................................................................................................... 427
Chapter 24: IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................... 429
IP Addresses.....................................................................................................................................................................430
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses........................................................................................................................430
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface.....................................................................................................................430
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................. 431
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 432
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview..........................................................................................................................432
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages.............................................................................. 433
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection.....................................................................................433
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................ 434
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................ 434
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names.......................................................................................................... 434
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains............................................................................... 435
Configuring DNS with Traceroute.............................................................................................................................. 435
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