Changing The Channel Mode; Specifying The Channel Path Cost; Specifying The Channel Vlan Cost; Configuring Channel Load Balancing - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Configuring an EtherChannel Using LACP

Changing the Channel Mode

You can change the channel mode for a set of ports that were previously assigned the same administrative
key (see the
To change the channel mode, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Change the channel mode.
This example shows how to change the channel mode for ports 4/1 and 4/6, setting it to on. The
administrative key for ports 4/1 and 4/6 is unchanged.
Console> (enable) set port lacp-channel 4/1,4/6 mode on
Port(s) 4/1,4/6 channel mode set to on.
Console> (enable)
Use the show lacp-channel group admin_key command to display the channel mode for ports.

Specifying the Channel Path Cost

You can specify the channel path cost by using a global command that configures both LACP and PAgP.
For more information, see the

Specifying the Channel VLAN Cost

You can specify the channel VLAN cost by using a global command that configures both LACP and
PAgP. For more information, see the

Configuring Channel Load Balancing

You can configure channel load balancing by using a global command that configures both LACP and
PAgP. For more information, see the

Clearing the LACP Statistics

To clear the LACP statistics, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Clear LACP statistics.
This example shows how to clear LACP statistics:
Console> (enable) clear lacp-channel statistics
LACP channel counters are cleared.
Console> (enable)
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"Setting the EtherChannel VLAN Cost" section on page
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Command
set port lacp-channel mod/ports mode [on | off |
active | passive]
Command
clear lacp-channel statistics
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