Port Channel Commands - Dell Force10 MXL Blade Reference Manual

Port Channel Commands

A link aggregation group (LAG) is a group of links that appear to a MAC client as if they were a single
link according to IEEE 802.3ad. In FTOS, a LAG is referred to as a Port Channel.
Table 14-9. Port Channel Limits
Platform
MXL Switch
Because each port can be assigned to only one Port Channel, and each Port Channel must have at least
one port, some of those nominally available Port Channels might have no function because they could
have no members if there are not enough ports installed. In the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module,
those ports could be provided by stack members.
The commands in this section are specific to Port Channel interfaces:
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channel-member
Add an interface to the Port Channel, while in the INTERFACE PORTCHANNEL mode.
Syntax channel-member interface
To delete an interface from a Port Channel, use the no channel-member interface command.
Parameters
interface
Defaults
Not configured.
Command Modes INTERFACE PORTCHANNEL
Command
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channel-member
group
interface port-channel
minimum-links
port-channel failover-group
show config
show interfaces port-channel
Note:
The FTOS implementation of LAG or Port Channel requires that you configure a LAG
on both switches manually. For information on FTOS Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) for dynamic LAGs, refer to
For more information on configuring and using Port Channels, refer to the FTOS
Configuration Guide.
Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number information:
• For a Ten Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
followed by the slot/port information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
slot/port information.
Maximum Port Channel
IDs
128
Chapter 17, Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Introduced on MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module
Maximum Members per Port
Channel
16
(LACP).
TenGigabitEthernet
fortyGigE
followed by the
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