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Configuring EtherChannels
Information About Configuring EtherChannels
Figure 109 Relationship of Physical Ports, Logical Port Channels, and Channel Groups
After you configure an EtherChannel, configuration changes applied to the port-channel interface apply to all the physical
ports assigned to the port-channel interface. Configuration changes applied to the physical port affect only the port
where you apply the configuration. To change the parameters of all ports in an EtherChannel, apply configuration
commands to the port-channel interface, for example, spanning-tree commands or commands to configure a Layer 2
EtherChannel as a trunk.
Port Aggregation Protocol
The Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) is a Cisco-proprietary protocol that can be run only on Cisco switches and on
those switches licensed by vendors to support PAgP. PAgP facilitates the automatic creation of EtherChannels by
exchanging PAgP packets between Ethernet ports.
By using PAgP, the switch learns the identity of partners capable of supporting PAgP and the capabilities of each port. It
then dynamically groups similarly configured ports into a single logical link (channel or aggregate port). Similarly
configured ports are grouped based on hardware, administrative, and port parameter constraints. For example, PAgP
groups the ports with the same speed, duplex mode, native VLAN, VLAN range, and trunking status and type. After
grouping the links into an EtherChannel, PAgP adds the group to the spanning tree as a single switch port.
PAgP Modes
Table 69User-Configurable EtherChannel PAgP Modes, page 1030
shows the user-configurable EtherChannel PAgP
modes for the
channel-group
interface configuration command.
101238
Channel-group
binding
Physical ports
Logical
port-channel
Summary of Contents for IE 4000
Page 12: ...8 Configuration Overview Default Settings After Initial Switch Configuration ...
Page 52: ...48 Configuring Interfaces Monitoring and Maintaining the Interfaces ...
Page 108: ...104 Configuring Switch Clusters Additional References ...
Page 128: ...124 Performing Switch Administration Additional References ...
Page 130: ...126 Configuring PTP ...
Page 140: ...136 Configuring CIP Additional References ...
Page 146: ...142 Configuring SDM Templates Configuration Examples for Configuring SDM Templates ...
Page 192: ...188 Configuring Switch Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 244: ...240 Configuring IEEE 802 1x Port Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 298: ...294 Configuring VLANs Additional References ...
Page 336: ...332 Configuring STP Additional References ...
Page 408: ...404 Configuring DHCP Additional References ...
Page 450: ...446 Configuring IGMP Snooping and MVR Additional References ...
Page 490: ...486 Configuring SPAN and RSPAN Additional References ...
Page 502: ...498 Configuring Layer 2 NAT ...
Page 770: ...766 Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping Related Documents ...
Page 930: ...926 Configuring IP Unicast Routing Related Documents ...
Page 976: ...972 Configuring Cisco IOS IP SLAs Operations Additional References ...
Page 978: ...974 Dying Gasp ...
Page 990: ...986 Configuring Enhanced Object Tracking Monitoring Enhanced Object Tracking ...
Page 994: ...990 Configuring MODBUS TCP Displaying MODBUS TCP Information ...
Page 996: ...992 Ethernet CFM ...
Page 1066: ...1062 Using an SD Card SD Card Alarms ...