Port Channel Commands - Dell MXL 10GbE Reference Manual

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Usage Splitting a 40G port into 4x10G port is supported on standalone and stacked units.
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The quad port must be in a default configuration before it can be split into 4x10G
ports. The 40G port is lost in the config when the port is split, so be sure that the
port is also removed from other L2/L3 feature configurations.
The system must be reloaded after issuing the CLI for the change to take effect.

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 the Dell Networking OS, a LAG is referred to as a Port Channel.
• For the MXL switch, the maximum port channel ID is 128 and the maximum members per port
channel is 16.
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.
NOTE: The Dell Networking OS implementation of LAG or Port Channel requires that you configure
a LAG on both switches manually. For information about Dell Networking OS link aggregation
control protocol (LACP) for dynamic LAGs, refer to the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
chapter. For more information about configuring and using Port Channels, refer to the Dell
Networking OS Configuration Guide.
channel-member
Add an interface to the Port Channel, while in INTERFACE PORTCHANNEL mode.
Syntax
channel-member interface
To delete an interface from a Port Channel, use the no channel-member
interface command.
Parameters
interface
Interfaces
Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
You cannot use split ports as stack-link to stack an MXL Switch.
The split ports MXL switch unit cannot be a part of any stacked system.
The unit number with the split ports must be the default (stack-unit 0).
This set up can be verified using show system brief command. If the unit ID
is different than 0, it must be renumbered to 0 before ports are split by using
the stackunit id renumber 0 command in EXEC mode.
(OPTIONAL) Enter any of the following keywords and slot/
port or number information:
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