Concept Guide

Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................400
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode................................................................................................................... 401
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................402
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 402
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 402
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................403
Conguring Management Interfaces.....................................................................................................................403
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 404
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 405
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................406
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 406
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................406
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................407
Port Channel Benets............................................................................................................................................. 407
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................407
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 408
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................408
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 408
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................409
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel.................................................................................................410
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel................................................................................411
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN...............................................................................................411
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................... 412
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................................................413
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................ 413
Changing the Hash Algorithm.................................................................................................................................413
Bulk Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................... 414
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................ 414
Bulk Conguration Examples.................................................................................................................................. 415
Dening Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................................................416
Dene the Interface Range..................................................................................................................................... 416
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro..................................................................................................................... 417
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces........................................................................................................................ 417
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................418
Non Dell-Qualied Transceivers....................................................................................................................................418
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports............................................................................................................................419
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port..................................................................................420
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 420
Example Scenarios...................................................................................................................................................420
Conguring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................424
Link Dampening..............................................................................................................................................................424
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 425
Conguration Example of Link Dampening...........................................................................................................425
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................ 427
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 428
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