Configuring Etherchannel - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring EtherChannel

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Configuring EtherChannel
These sections describe how to configure EtherChannel:
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Ensure that the interfaces are configured correctly. See the
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Restrictions" section on page
Configuring Layer 3 EtherChannels
To configure Layer 3 EtherChannels, create the port channel logical interface and then put the Ethernet
interfaces into the port channel.
Software Configuration Guide—Release IOS XE 3.3.0SG and IOS 15.1(1)SG
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For Layer 2 EtherChannels:
Assign all interfaces in the EtherChannel to the same VLAN, or configure them as trunks.
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If you configure an EtherChannel from trunk interfaces, verify that the trunking mode and the
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native VLAN is the same on all the trunks. Interfaces in an EtherChannel with different trunk
modes or different native VLANs can have unexpected results.
– An EtherChannel supports the same allowed range of VLANs on all the interfaces in a trunking
Layer 2 EtherChannel. If the allowed ranges differ for selected interface differ, they do not form
an EtherChannel.
– Interfaces with different Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) port path costs can form an
EtherChannel as long they are otherwise compatibly configured. Setting different STP port path
costs does not make interfaces incompatible for the formation of an EtherChannel.
After you configure an EtherChannel, any configuration that you apply to the port channel interface
affects the EtherChannel; any configuration that you apply to the physical interfaces affects only the
interface you configure.
Storm Control is an exception to this rule. For example, you cannot configure Storm Control on
some of the members of an EtherChannel; Storm Control must be configured on all or none of the
ports. If you configure Storm Control on only some of the ports, those ports are dropped from the
EtherChannel interface (put in suspended state). You should configure Storm Control at the port
channel interface level, and not at the physical interface level.
A physical interface with port security enabled can join a Layer 2 EtherChannel only if port security
is also enabled on the EtherChannel; otherwise the command is rejected by the CLI.
You cannot configure a 802.1X port in an EtherChannel.
Configuring Layer 3 EtherChannels, page 24-6
Configuring Layer 2 EtherChannels, page 24-10
Configuring LACP Standalone or Independent Mode, page 24-12
Configuring the LACP System Priority and System ID, page 24-13
Configuring EtherChannel Load Balancing, page 24-14
Removing an Interface from an EtherChannel, page 24-15
Removing an EtherChannel, page 24-15
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Chapter 24 Configuring EtherChannel and Link State Tracking
"EtherChannel Configuration Guidelines and
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