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Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode................................................................................................................... 401
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode................................................................................................................... 401
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 402
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................402
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 402
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 403
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................403
Conguring Management Interfaces.....................................................................................................................403
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 405
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 405
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................406
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 407
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 407
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......................................................................................................................................... 409
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................409
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel..................................................................................................411
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel................................................................................411
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN.............................................................................................. 412
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................... 413
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................................................413
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................ 413
Changing the Hash Algorithm.................................................................................................................................414
Bulk Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................415
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................ 415
Bulk Conguration Examples.................................................................................................................................. 415
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................. 417
Dene the Interface Range..................................................................................................................................... 417
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro..................................................................................................................... 417
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces........................................................................................................................ 417
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................418
Non Dell-Qualied Transceivers....................................................................................................................................419
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................................................................................................................................................... 421
Conguring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................424
Link Dampening..............................................................................................................................................................425
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 425
Conguration Example of Link Dampening...........................................................................................................425
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................ 427
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