Reference Guide

Port Channel Denitions and Standards..................................................................................................................... 90
Port Channel Benets................................................................................................................................................ 90
Port Channel Implementation.....................................................................................................................................90
10GbE Interface in Port Channels...............................................................................................................................90
Uplink Port Channel: VLAN Membership.....................................................................................................................91
Server-Facing Port Channel: VLAN Membership........................................................................................................ 91
Displaying Port Channel Information............................................................................................................................91
Interface Range................................................................................................................................................................92
Bulk Conguration Examples...................................................................................................................................... 92
Monitor and Maintain Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................93
Maintenance Using TDR.............................................................................................................................................94
Flow Control Using Ethernet Pause Frames.....................................................................................................................95
Enabling Pause Frames.................................................................................................................................................... 95
MTU Size......................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces..........................................................................................................................97
Setting Auto-Negotiation Options.............................................................................................................................. 98
Viewing Interface Information...........................................................................................................................................99
Clearing Interface Counters...................................................................................................................................... 100
Fibre Channel Interface...................................................................................................................................................100
Conguring Fibre Channel Interfaces........................................................................................................................100
Enabling Fibre Channel Capability............................................................................................................................. 100
Conguring Fibre Channel Interfaces.........................................................................................................................101
9 iSCSI Optimization...................................................................................................... 102
Supported Modes...........................................................................................................................................................102
iSCSI Optimization Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 102
Monitoring iSCSI Trac Flows........................................................................................................................................ 103
Information Monitored in iSCSI Trac Flows...................................................................................................................103
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer................................................................................ 104
iSCSI Optimization: Operation.........................................................................................................................................104
Conguring iSCSI Optimization.......................................................................................................................................104
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information.......................................................................................................................106
10 Isolated Networks for Aggregators............................................................................. 108
Conguring and Verifying Isolated Network Settings...................................................................................................... 108
11 Link Aggregation......................................................................................................... 109
Supported Modes...........................................................................................................................................................109
How the LACP is Implemented on an Aggregator...........................................................................................................109
Uplink LAG.................................................................................................................................................................110
Server-Facing LAGs.................................................................................................................................................. 110
LACP Modes............................................................................................................................................................. 110
Auto-Congured LACP Timeout................................................................................................................................110
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)...................................................................................................................... 110
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces........................................................................................................110
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................................................. 111
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