Users Guide

View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................354
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...................................................................................................356
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................356
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................357
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.................................................................................................... 357
40G to 1G Breakout Cable Adaptor....................................................................................................................... 357
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 358
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................358
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 359
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................359
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 359
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................360
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 360
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 360
Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................361
Conguring Management Interfaces..................................................................................................................... 361
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port................................................................................363
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 363
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 364
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 364
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................365
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................365
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................365
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................ 365
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 366
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................366
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 366
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................367
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel................................................................................................368
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 369
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 369
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel........................................................................................................... 371
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................................................371
Load Balancing Through Port Channels.................................................................................................................371
Changing the Hash Algorithm.................................................................................................................................371
Bulk Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................372
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................372
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................373
Dening Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................................................374
Dene the Interface Range.....................................................................................................................................374
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.....................................................................................................................374
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces........................................................................................................................375
Maintenance Using TDR......................................................................................................................................... 376
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload.............................................................................................................................376
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports............................................................................................................................378
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port.................................................................................. 379
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................379
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