What Interface Types Are Supported; What Is Interface Configuration Mode - Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Configuration Manual

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What Interface Types are Supported?

The physical ports on the switch include the out-of-band (OOB) interface

and 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch ports. The OOB interface supports a limited

set of features and is for switch management only. The Ethernet switch ports

support many logical features that are often supported by logical interfaces.

The switch supports the following types of logical interfaces:

Port-based VLANs — For more information, see "Configuring VLANs" on

VLAN routing interfaces — For more information, see "Configuring

Routing Interfaces" on page 843.

Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs), which are also called port channels) —

For more information, see "Configuring Link Aggregation" on page 781.

Tunnels — For more information, see "Configuring Routing Interfaces"

on page 843.

Loopback interfaces — For more information, see "Configuring Routing

Interfaces" on page 843.

When you use the CLI to configure physical or logical characteristics for an

interface, you must enter Interface Configuration Mode for that interface. To

enter the mode, type the keyword interface followed by the interface type and

additional information to identify the interface, such as the interface number.

To enter Interface Configuration mode for a physical switch port, the

following information is required:

Type — For physical switch ports, the type is 10-Gibabit Ethernet

(tengigabitethernet or te) for 10,000 Mbps Ethernet ports.

Stack member number— The PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series

switches are standalone, non-stacking switches, so the member number is

Module (slot) number—For the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-

series switches, the slot number is always 0.

Configuring Port Characteristics

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