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CHAPTER 4-1 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) 4 Configuring Interfaces This chapter describes basic interface conf igurations for your Layer 3 switch router . Also included are sections about conf iguring virtual LANs (VLANs), packet-ov er-SONET interf aces, A TM uplink interface[...]
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4-2 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Overview of Interface Configuration Overview of Interface Configuration A router’ s main function is to relay packets from one data link to another . T o do that, the characteristics of the interfaces throug[...]
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4-3 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces General Instructions for Configuring Interfaces Figur e 4-1 Interf ace P ort Identifier F or mat The interface port identif iers on the Ethernet modules remain the same regardless of whether other modules are[...]
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4-4 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About Layer 3 Switching Interfaces Step 3 Follo w each interface command with the interface conf iguration commands required for your particular interface. The commands you enter def ine the protocols and appl[...]
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4-5 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About Layer 3 Switching Interfaces Initially Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces T o conf igure an IP address and autonegotiation on a Gigabit Ethernet interface, perform the follo wing steps, beginning in[...]
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4-6 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About Layer 3 Switching Interfaces Initially Configuring Fast Ethernet Interfaces Use the following procedure to assign an IP address to the F ast Ethernet 10BaseT or 100BaseT interface of your switch router s[...]
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4-7 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About Layer 3 Switching Interfaces Examples The follo wing example sho ws sample output from the show interface gigabitether net command: Router# show interface gigabitethernet 0/0/0 GigabitEthernet0/0/0 is ad[...]
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4-8 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About Virtual LANs About Virtual LANs V irtual LANs enable network managers to group users logically rather than by physical location. A virtual LAN (VLAN) is an emulation of a standard LAN that allows data tr[...]
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4-9 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring ISL VLAN Encapsulation Figur e 4-2 Example of an ISL VLAN Br idging Configur ation T o conf igure the Layer 3 VLANs sho wn in Figure 4-2, perform the follo wing steps, beginning in global conf igu[...]
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4-10 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring 802.1Q VLAN Encapsulation Example The follo wing example sho ws ho w to conf igure the interfaces for VLAN bridging with ISL encapsulation sho wn in Figure 4-2: Router(config)# interface fastether[...]
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4-11 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring 802.1Q VLAN Encapsulation Figur e 4-3 Example of Br idging Betw een Native and Non-Nativ e 802.1Q VLANs T o conf igure the bridging between nativ e VLAN 1 and non-nati ve VLAN 100 depicted in Figu[...]
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4-12 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Monitoring VLAN Operation Example The follo wing example sho ws ho w to conf igure the bridging between nativ e and non-nati ve 802.1Q VLANs shown in Figure 4-3: Router(config)# interface fastethernet 1/0/1.1[...]
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4-13 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface Because SONET/SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) is by def inition a point-to-point circuit, PPP is well suited for use ov er SONET links. The octet stream is mapped int[...]
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4-14 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Figure 4-5 sho ws an example of a service pro vider application of the POS OC-12c uplink interface module. Here traf f ic is aggregated from Catalys[...]
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4-15 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Default Configuration T able 4-1 sho ws the default conf iguration of an enabled POS OC-12c uplink interface. T o change any of these values, see th[...]
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4-16 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) T o initially conf igure the POS OC-12c uplink interface, perform the follo wing steps, beginning in global conf iguration mode: Example The follo w[...]
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4-17 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Additional Configurations T o conf igure additional properties to match those of the interface at the far end, perform the follo wing steps, beginni[...]
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4-18 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Configuring Framing The default framing mode for the POS OC-12c uplink interface is SONET STS-12c. Y ou can also conf igure the interface for SDH ST[...]
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4-19 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) The v alue of the c2 byte is determined as follows: • If the v alue of the c2 byte has not been explicitly conf igured with the pos f lag command,[...]
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4-20 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Configuring SONET Alarms The OC-12c POS uplink interface supports SONET alarm monitoring. T o conf igure alarm monitoring, perform the follo wing st[...]
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4-21 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Configuring SONET Delay Triggers A trigger is an alarm, which when asserted causes the line protocol to go down. Line and Section Triggers T able 4-[...]
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4-22 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) T o conf igure a delay in triggering the line protocol of the interface from going do wn, perform the following steps be ginning in global conf igur[...]
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4-23 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Examples The follo wing example sho ws output for the show interfaces pos command: Router# show interfaces pos 1/0/0 POS1/0/0 is up, line protocol i[...]
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4-24 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) The follo wing example sho ws output for the show contr ollers pos command: Router# show controllers pos 2/0/0 Interface POS2/0/0 Hardware is Packet[...]
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4-25 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) The follo wing example sho ws output for the show contr ollers pos command with the detail option: Router# show controller pos 2/0/0 detail Interfac[...]
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4-26 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the POS OC-12c Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Interrupt Mask Register = 0x0001 Parity Error Register = 0x0000 Scratch Register = 0x80000000 Debug Register = 0x0000 CRC32 enabled, PPP enc, Diag c[...]
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4-27 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About ATM Uplinks (Catalyst 8540) SR1 72036 SR2 18806 SR3 0 SR4 0 SR5 0 MT1 15143 MT2 0 MT3 0 MT4 0 MT5 6 MT6 0 MT7 0 MT8 0 MT9 0 ST1 0 ST2 0 MRXS 262160 MTXS 16 SRXS 3 STXS 0 About ATM Uplinks (Catalyst 8540[...]
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4-28 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Note The A TM uplink interface module does not work in a Catalyst 8540 MSR when the A TM router module is present. Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Ca[...]
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4-29 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) In addition, the A TM uplink interface uses the non-conf igurable values sho wn in T able 4-5. Initially Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface Y ou should c[...]
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4-30 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Example The follo wing conf iguration is an example of the tasks in the preceding table: Router(config)# interface atm 2/0/0 Router(config-if)# ip address [...]
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4-31 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Note The A TM uplink supports IP unicast and IP multicast fragmentation. For IP unicast fragmentation, the packet must ingress on a A TM interface and egre[...]
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4-32 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) T o conf igure the SONET ov erhead, perform the follo wing steps, beginning in global conf iguration mode: Note On the A TM OC-3c interface, you can conf i[...]
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4-33 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Configuring SONET Alarms The A TM OC-12c and the A TM OC-3c uplink interfaces support SONET alarm monitoring. T o conf igure alarm monitoring, perform the [...]
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4-34 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Configuring CDP The A TM uplink interface is conf igured by default with Cisco Discov ery Protocol (CDP) disabled. T o enable CDP , use the cdp enable comm[...]
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4-35 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) T o create a PVC, perform the follo wing steps, beginning in global conf iguration mode: The atm pvc command allo ws you to specify additional optional par[...]
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4-36 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) SVC Example In the following e xample, two switch routers with Layer 3 enabled A TM interfaces are connected by means of SVCs. For SVCs, the map-list assoc[...]
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4-37 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring the ATM Uplink Interface (Catalyst 8540) Example The follo wing example sho ws sample output for the show interfaces atm command. Router# show interfaces atm 0/0/0 ATM0/0/0 is down, line protocol [...]
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4-38 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces About Port Snooping Interface Configuration Mode: ATM clock line; STS-3c k1/k2 = 0/0 c2 = 0x13 Active Defects:None Alarm reporting enabled for:SF SLOS SLOF B1-TCA B2-TCA PLOP B3-TCA Active ATM Payload Defect:[...]
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4-39 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring Snooping Restrictions on Port Snooping The follo wing restrictions apply to port snooping: • The combined physical bandwidth of the source ports must not exceed the physical bandwidth of the des[...]
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4-40 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Configuring Snooping For a complete conf iguration example that includes port snooping, see the “Catalyst 8540 CSR with ISL, VLAN, and BVI with GEC” section on page C-1. T o disable port-based snooping on[...]
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4-41 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Monitoring Snooping Monitoring Snooping T o monitor the current snooping mode conf iguration and status, use the following commands: Now that you ha ve conf igured the interfaces on your switch router , see C[...]
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4-42 Layer 3 Switching Software Feature and Configuration Guide 78-6235-04, Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18) Chapter 4 Configuring Interfaces Monitoring Snooping[...]