Reference Guide

Management Interfaces................................................................................................................... 390
Configuring Management Interfaces.........................................................................................390
Configuring Management Interfaces on the S-Series............................................................... 391
VLAN Interfaces.................................................................................................................................391
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................... 392
Null Interfaces...................................................................................................................................393
Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................................393
Port Channel Definition and Standards......................................................................................393
Port Channel Benefits.................................................................................................................394
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................394
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................394
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces...................................................................... 395
Creating a Port Channel............................................................................................................. 395
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................................... 396
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................398
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................398
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................399
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel........................................................................................ 400
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................... 400
Load-Balancing on the S- Series............................................................................................... 400
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................401
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................402
Interface Range...........................................................................................................................402
Bulk Configuration Examples.....................................................................................................403
Defining Interface Range Macros.................................................................................................... 404
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................ 404
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 405
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................405
Maintenance Using TDR.............................................................................................................406
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 407
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................... 408
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................408
Enabling Link Dampening.......................................................................................................... 408
Link Bundle Monitoring.....................................................................................................................410
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control.............................................................................. 410
Threshold Settings....................................................................................................................... 411
Enabling Pause Frames................................................................................................................411
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface..........................................................................................412
Port-Pipes..........................................................................................................................................413
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces........................................................................................ 413
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.....................................................414