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Egress Interface Selection (EIS)........................................................................................................436
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 436
Configuring EIS........................................................................................................................... 436
Management Interfaces....................................................................................................................437
Configuring Management Interfaces......................................................................................... 437
Configuring Management Interfaces on the S-Series...............................................................439
VLAN Interfaces................................................................................................................................ 440
Loopback Interfaces.........................................................................................................................440
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 441
Port Channel Interfaces....................................................................................................................441
Port Channel Definition and Standards..................................................................................... 442
Port Channel Benefits.................................................................................................................442
Port Channel Implementation....................................................................................................442
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................443
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................443
Creating a Port Channel.............................................................................................................444
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel..........................................................................444
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................446
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel....................................................447
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Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel................................................................................448
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel........................................................................................ 448
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................448
Load-Balancing Method.............................................................................................................449
Changing the Hash Algorithm....................................................................................................449
Bulk Configuration............................................................................................................................ 451
Interface Range........................................................................................................................... 451
Bulk Configuration Examples......................................................................................................451
Defining Interface Range Macros.....................................................................................................453
Define the Interface Range.........................................................................................................453
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................ 453
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................454
Maintenance Using TDR............................................................................................................. 455
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.................................................................................................. 456
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port............................................................456
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................457
Example Scenarios...................................................................................................................... 457
Link Dampening................................................................................................................................462
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................. 462
Enabling Link Dampening...........................................................................................................462
Link Bundle Monitoring.................................................................................................................... 464
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control..............................................................................464
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