Users Guide

Enabling a Physical Interface.........................................................................................................................................318
Enabling Energy Ecient Ethernet.............................................................................................................................. 319
View EEE Information.................................................................................................................................................... 319
Clear EEE Counters....................................................................................................................................................... 324
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................324
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.................................................................................................... 324
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 325
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................325
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 326
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................326
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 326
Egress Interface Selection (EIS).................................................................................................................................. 327
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................327
Conguring EIS.........................................................................................................................................................327
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................328
Conguring Management Interfaces.....................................................................................................................328
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port................................................................................329
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 330
Loopback Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................331
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................. 331
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 332
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................332
Port Channel Benets............................................................................................................................................. 332
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................332
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 333
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................333
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................333
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................334
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................335
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 336
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 336
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 338
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................338
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................338
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................338
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 340
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................340
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................340
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 342
Dene the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 342
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 342
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces........................................................................................................................342
Maintenance Using TDR......................................................................................................................................... 343
Conguring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................344
Link Dampening..............................................................................................................................................................344
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