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Understanding EtherChannels
Figure 38-3
Cross-Stack EtherChannel
Port-Channel Interfaces
When you create an EtherChannel, a port-channel logical interface is involved:
•
With Layer 2 ports, use the
channel-group
interface configuration command to dynamically create
the port-channel logical interface.
You also can use the
interface port-channel
port-channel-number
global configuration command
to manually create the port-channel logical interface, but then you must use the
channel-group
channel-group-number
command to bind the logical interface to a physical port. The
channel-group-number
can be the same as the
port
-
channel-number,
or you can use a new number.
If you use a new number, the
channel-group
command dynamically creates a new port channel.
•
With Layer 3 ports, you should manually create the logical interface by using the
interface
port-channel
global configuration command followed by the
no switchport
interface configuration
command. Then you manually assign an interface to the EtherChannel by using the
channel-group
interface configuration command.
For both Layer 2 and Layer 3 ports, the
channel-group
command binds the physical port and the logical
interface together as shown in
.
Each EtherChannel has a port-channel logical interface numbered from 1 to 48. This port-channel
interface number corresponds to the one specified with the
channel-group
interface configuration
command.
Switch 1
Switch stack
Switch 2
Channel
group 1
StackWise Plus
port
connections
Switch 3
Switch A
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