Egress Interface Selection (EIS)........................................................................................................394
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................395
Configuring EIS...........................................................................................................................395
Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................395
Configuring Management Interfaces.........................................................................................395
Configuring Management Interfaces on the S-Series...............................................................396
VLAN Interfaces.................................................................................................................................397
Loopback Interfaces.........................................................................................................................398
Null Interfaces...................................................................................................................................398
Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................................398
Port Channel Definition and Standards.....................................................................................399
Port Channel Benefits.................................................................................................................399
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................399
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels.......................................................................400
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................400
Creating a Port Channel.............................................................................................................401
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel..........................................................................401
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................403
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................404
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................405
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel........................................................................................405
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................405
Load-Balancing Method.............................................................................................................406
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................406
Bulk Configuration...........................................................................................................................408
Interface Range...........................................................................................................................408
Bulk Configuration Examples.....................................................................................................408
Defining Interface Range Macros.....................................................................................................410
Define the Interface Range.........................................................................................................410
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro.........................................................................................410
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.............................................................................................411
Maintenance Using TDR..............................................................................................................412
Fanning out 40G Ports Dynamically.................................................................................................413
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...................................................................................................413
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................413
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................414
Example Scenarios......................................................................................................................414
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................416
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................416
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................416
Link Bundle Monitoring.....................................................................................................................418
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