Users Guide

Load Balancing Through Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 409
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 409
Bulk Configuration........................................................................................................................................................... 410
Interface Range..........................................................................................................................................................410
Bulk Configuration Examples.................................................................................................................................. 410
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 412
Define the Interface Range..................................................................................................................................... 412
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 412
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.......................................................................................................................413
Maintenance Using TDR...........................................................................................................................................414
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers...................................................................................................................................414
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload............................................................................................................................ 414
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...........................................................................................................................416
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................................... 417
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics............................................................................................. 418
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................................................ 419
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................422
Link Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................................................. 423
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control......................................................................................................423
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................ 424
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................. 425
Port-Pipes.........................................................................................................................................................................426
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................................................. 426
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces.......................................................................................................... 426
Set Auto-Negotiation Options................................................................................................................................427
View Advanced Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 428
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................429
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally....................................................................................................... 430
Dynamic Counters........................................................................................................................................................... 431
Clearing Interface Counters.................................................................................................................................... 431
Discard Counters.............................................................................................................................................................432
Display discard counters..........................................................................................................................................432
Chapter 23: Internet Protocol Security (IPSec).........................................................................434
Configuring IPSec .......................................................................................................................................................... 434
Chapter 24: IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................... 436
IP Addresses.....................................................................................................................................................................437
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses........................................................................................................................437
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface..................................................................................................................... 437
Configuring Static Routes.............................................................................................................................................438
Adding description for IPv4 and IPv6 static routes..........................................................................................439
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface...................................................................................... 440
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview..........................................................................................................................440
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages...............................................................................441
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection..................................................................................... 441
Enabling Directed Broadcast.........................................................................................................................................441
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................ 442
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names.......................................................................................................... 442
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