Configuring An Etherchannel Using Lacp; Specifying The Etherchannel Protocol - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Chapter 6 Configuring EtherChannel

Configuring an EtherChannel Using LACP

These sections describe how to configure EtherChannel using LACP:
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Before you configure the EtherChannel, see the
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Specifying the EtherChannel Protocol

The default protocol is PAgP.
Note
You can specify only one protocol, PAgP or LACP, per module.
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To specify the EtherChannel protocol, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Specify the EtherChannel protocol.
This example shows how to specify the LACP protocol for modules 2 and 3:
Console> (enable) set channelprotocol lacp 2,3
Mod 2 is set to LACP protocol.
Mod 3 is set to LACP protocol.
Console> (enable)
Use the show channelprotocol command to display the protocols for all modules.
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Specifying the EtherChannel Protocol, page 6-15
Specifying the System Priority, page 6-16
Specifying the Port Priority, page 6-16
Specifying an Administrative Key Value, page 6-16
Changing the Channel Mode, page 6-18
Specifying the Channel Path Cost, page 6-18
Specifying the Channel VLAN Cost, page 6-18
Configuring Channel Load Balancing, page 6-18
Clearing the LACP Statistics, page 6-18
Displaying EtherChannel Traffic Utilization, page 6-19
Displaying the Outgoing Ports for a Specified Address or Layer 4 Port Number, page 6-19
Disabling an EtherChannel, page 6-19
Displaying the Spanning-Tree Information for EtherChannels, page 6-20
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"EtherChannel Configuration Guidelines" section on
Command
set channelprotocol [pagp | lacp] mod
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