Managing Portchannel General Attributes; Managing Portchannel Interface Attributes; Quiescing/Disabling Port Channel Members - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

About PortChanneling and Trunking

Managing PortChannel General Attributes

To manage PortChannels, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Choose choose Switches > PortChannels from the Fabric Manager menu tree, or choose Interface >
PortChannels from the Device View. The Information pane in Fabric Manager displays attributes for
multiple switches. The dialog box from Device Manager displays attributes for a single switch.
To add ports to a PortChannel, click Create. You see the Create PortChannel dialog box.
Step 2
Step 3 To add members to the PortChannel, enter the IP address of the switch into the MemberList field.
Identify the other options you want to use and click OK.

Managing PortChannel Interface Attributes

To manage PortChannel interface attributes, such as the port mode and trunking from the Fabric
Manager, choose Switches > PortChannels from the menu tree.
To manage PortChannel interface attributes from the Device Manager, choose Interface >
PortChannels and click the Interfaces tab.
The Information pane in Fabric Manager displays attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from
Device Manager displays attributes for a single switch.

Quiescing/Disabling Port Channel Members

When quiescing, the following apply:
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To quiesce a port channel member ISL and administratively bring down both ports, perform these steps:
In the Fabric Manager Map pane, right-click on the ISL you want to bring down.
Step 1
You see the Port Channel menu.
Step 2 Choose Port Channel > Quiesce and Disable Member.
A confirmation dialog displays, allowing you to choose the ISL you want to bring down.
Choose the ISL you want to bring down.
Step 3
Click OK to bring down the ISL, or click Cancel to close the dialog without bringing down an ISL.
Step 4
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If an ISL is already quiesced, the message 'port already quiesced' is displayed.
If only one port exists in port channel, a message to that effect is displayed.
For a port channel between a switch running MD SAN-OS 1.2 and MDS SAN-OS 1.3, the quiesce
is performed only on the switch running version 1.3 (or higher). A port shutdown is then run on both
switches.
Chapter 14 Configuring PortChannels
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