Dell MXL 10/40GbE Switch User Manual


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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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