Reassigning An Interface To A New Port Channel - Dell C9000 Series Networking Configuration Manual

ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Queueing strategy: fifo
Input Statistics:
729669643 packets, 95294971809 bytes
3845 64-byte pkts, 669214494 over 64-byte pkts, 5671532 over 127-byte pkts
11129708 over 255-byte pkts, 22140735 over 511-byte pkts, 21509325 over 1023-
byte pkts
119637 Multicasts, 0 Broadcasts, 729549906 Unicasts
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 CRC, 0 overrun, 0 discarded
Output Statistics:
126213191 packets, 100268791824 bytes, 0 underruns
3933 64-byte pkts, 5197951 over 64-byte pkts, 11205314 over 127-byte pkts
22179400 over 255-byte pkts, 44378893 over 511-byte pkts, 43247700 over 1023-
byte pkts
114254 Multicasts, 0 Broadcasts, 126098937 Unicasts
0 throttles, 0 discarded, 0 collisions, 0 wreddrops
Rate info (interval 299 seconds):
Input 135.00 Mbits/sec,
Output 113.00 Mbits/sec,
Time since last interface status change: 05:40:36
When more than one interface is added to a Layer 2-port channel, the system selects one of the active
interfaces in the port channel to be the primary port. The primary port replies to flooding and sends protocol
data units (PDUs). An asterisk in the show interfaces port-channel brief command indicates the
primary port.
As soon as a physical interface is added to a port channel, the properties of the port channel determine the
properties of the physical interface. The configuration and status of the port channel are also applied to the
physical interfaces within the port channel. For example, if the port channel is in Layer 2 mode, you cannot
add an IP address or a static MAC address to an interface that is part of that port channel. In the following
example, interface TengigabitEthernet 1/6 is part of port channel 5, which is in Layer 2 mode, and an error
message appeared when an IP address was configured.
Dell(conf-if-portch)#show config
!
interface Port-channel 5
no ip address
switchport
channel-member TengigabitEthernet 1/6
Dell(conf-if-portch)#int te 1/6
Dell(conf-if)#ip address 10.56.4.4 /24
% Error: Port is part of a LAG Te 1/6.
Dell(conf-if)#

Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel

An interface can be a member of only one port channel. If the interface is a member of a port channel,
remove it from the first port channel and then add it to the second port channel.
Each time you add or remove a channel member from a port channel, the system recalculates the hash
algorithm for the port channel.
To reassign an interface to a new port channel, use the following commands.
1 Remove the interface from the first port channel.
INTERFACE PORT-CHANNEL mode
120821 packets/sec, 2.57% of line-rate
17908 packets/sec, 1.93% of line-rate
Interfaces 518