Enabling Lacp; Configuring Port-Channel Port Modes - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Configuring Port Channels
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To restore the default load-balancing algorithm of source-dest-mac for non-IP traffic and source-dest-ip
for IP traffic, perform this task:
Command
switch(config)# no port-channel
load-balance ethernet
Note Before Release 4.0(1a)N1 of Cisco NX-OS, the source-dest-ip, source-dest-mac, and source-dest-port
keywords were source-destination-ip, source-destination-mac, and source-destination-port,
respectively.

Enabling LACP

LACP is disabled by default; you must enable LACP before you begin LACP configuration. You cannot
disable LACP while any LACP configuration is present.
LACP learns the capabilities of LAN port groups dynamically and informs the other LAN ports. Once
LACP identifies correctly matched Ethernet links, it facilitates grouping the links into a port channel.
The port channel is then added to the spanning tree as a single bridge port.
To enable LACP, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Step 2
switch(config)# feature lacp
Step 3
switch(config)# show system internal
clis feature
This example shows how to enable LACP:
switch# configure terminal
switch (config)# feature lacp

Configuring Port-Channel Port Modes

After you enable LACP, you can configure the channel mode for each individual link in the LACP port
channel as active or passive. This channel configuration mode allows the link to operate with LACP.
When you configure port channels with no associated protocol, all interfaces on both sides of the link
remain in the on channel mode.
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Purpose
Restores the default load-balancing algorithm.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enables LACP on the switch.
(Optional) Displays enabled features.
Configuring Port Channels
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