Null Interfaces...................................................................................................................................408
Port Channel Interfaces...................................................................................................................408
Port Channel Definition and Standards.....................................................................................408
Port Channel Benefits.................................................................................................................408
Port Channel Implementation...................................................................................................409
100/1000/10000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels.................................................................409
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................410
Creating a Port Channel.............................................................................................................410
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel..........................................................................410
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................412
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................413
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN....................................................................413
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................414
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................414
Load Balancing through Port Channels...........................................................................................415
Load-Balancing Method...................................................................................................................415
Hash Algorithm.................................................................................................................................416
Server Ports.......................................................................................................................................416
Default Configuration without Start-up Config.........................................................................417
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................417
Interface Range...........................................................................................................................417
Bulk Configuration Examples.....................................................................................................418
Defining Interface Range Macros.....................................................................................................419
Define the Interface Range........................................................................................................420
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................420
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................420
Maintenance Using TDR..............................................................................................................421
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports..................................................................................................422
Merging SFP+ Ports to QSFP 40G Ports....................................................................................423
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface...................................................................................423
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................424
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................425
Example Scenarios......................................................................................................................425
Layer 2 Flow Control Using Ethernet Pause Frames.......................................................................425
Enabling Pause Frames...............................................................................................................426
Configure MTU Size on an Interface................................................................................................427
Port-Pipes.........................................................................................................................................428
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces........................................................................................428
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.....................................................428
View Advanced Interface Information.............................................................................................430
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size....................................................................................431
Dynamic Counters......................................................................................................................432
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