Information About Etherchannels; Etherchannel Overview - Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Configuration Manual

Information About EtherChannels

Information About EtherChannels

EtherChannel Overview

An EtherChannel consists of individual Ethernet links bundled into a single logical link.
Figure 19: Typical EtherChannel Configuration
The EtherChannel provides full-duplex bandwidth up to 8 Gb/s (Gigabit EtherChannel) or 80 Gb/s (10-Gigabit
EtherChannel) between your switch and another switch or host.
Each EtherChannel can consist of up to eight compatibly configured Ethernet ports.
The IP Lite feature set supports up to 48 EtherChannels.
All ports in each EtherChannel must be configured as either Layer 2 or Layer 3 ports. The EtherChannel Layer
3 ports are made up of routed ports. Routed ports are physical ports configured to be in Layer 3 mode by using
the no switchport interface configuration command.
Related Topics
Configuring Layer 2 EtherChannels, on page 123
EtherChannel Configuration Guidelines, on page 120
Default EtherChannel Configuration, on page 119
Layer 2 EtherChannel Configuration Guidelines, on page 122
Catalyst 2960-XR Switch Layer 2 Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)EX1
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