Setup Guide

19 Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................358
Basic Interface Conguration.......................................................................................................................................358
Advanced Interface Conguration...............................................................................................................................358
Interface Types...............................................................................................................................................................359
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................359
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...................................................................................................360
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................360
Physical Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 361
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces.....................................................................................................361
40G to 1G Breakout Cable Adaptor........................................................................................................................361
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 362
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................362
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 363
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................363
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 363
Automatic recovery of an Err-disabled interface....................................................................................................... 364
Conguring an automatic recovery for an Err-disabled interface......................................................................365
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................365
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 365
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 366
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................366
Conguring Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 366
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 366
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................367
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 367
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 368
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................368
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................368
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................369
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................369
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 369
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................370
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................370
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................370
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel.................................................................................................371
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...............................................................................372
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN..............................................................................................372
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel...........................................................................................................373
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel..................................................................................................................... 373
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................ 374
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 374
Bulk Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................374
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................374
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................375
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 376
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