Channel-Protocol - Cisco ME 3400 Command Reference Manual

Chapter 2 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Cisco IOS Commands

channel-protocol

Use the channel-protocol interface configuration command to restrict the protocol used on a port to
manage channeling. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting.
Syntax Description
lacp
pagp
Defaults No protocol is assigned to the EtherChannel.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
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Usage Guidelines Use the channel-protocol command only to restrict a channel to LACP or PAgP. If you set the protocol
by using the channel-protocol command, the setting is not overridden by the channel-group interface
configuration command.
PAgP and LACP are available only on network node interfaces (NNIs) and enhanced network interfaces
Note
(ENIs).
If the port is a user network interface (UNI) or an ENI, you must use the no shutdown interface
configuration command to enable it before using the channel-protocol command. UNIs and ENIs are
disabled by default. NNIs are enabled by default.
You must use the channel-group interface configuration command to configure the EtherChannel
parameters. The channel-group command also can set the mode for the EtherChannel.
You cannot enable both the PAgP and LACP modes on an EtherChannel group.
PAgP and LACP are not compatible; both ends of a channel must use the same protocol.
Examples
This example shows how to specify LACP as the protocol that manages the EtherChannel:
Switch(config-if)# channel-protocol lacp
You can verify your settings by entering the show etherchannel [channel-group-number] protocol
privileged EXEC command.
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channel-protocol {lacp | pagp}
no channel-protocol
Configure an EtherChannel with the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
Configure an EtherChannel with the Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP).
Modification
This command was introduced.
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