Users Guide

Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................342
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................342
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................342
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................343
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................344
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................344
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 344
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................344
Conguring Management Interfaces.....................................................................................................................344
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 345
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 346
Loopback Interfaces...................................................................................................................................................... 346
Null Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................................347
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 347
Port Channel Denition and Standards................................................................................................................. 347
Port Channel Benets............................................................................................................................................. 347
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................348
Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................................................................................... 348
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................348
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................349
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................349
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel.................................................................................................351
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel............................................................................... 351
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN............................................................................................. 352
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 353
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................353
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................353
Load-Balancing Method..........................................................................................................................................354
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................354
Bulk Conguration......................................................................................................................................................... 355
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 355
Bulk Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................................356
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................ 357
Dene the Interface Range.....................................................................................................................................357
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.................................................................................................................... 357
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 358
Maintenance Using TDR.........................................................................................................................................359
Non Dell-Qualied Transceivers................................................................................................................................... 359
Splitting 100G Ports...................................................................................................................................................... 360
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................. 360
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 361
Enabling Link Dampening.........................................................................................................................................361
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 362
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................ 363
Enabling Pause Frames........................................................................................................................................... 364
Congure the MTU Size on an Interface....................................................................................................................364
Conguring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................365
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