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Chapter 1 CLI Command Reference
channel-group (interface)
You can change the protocol at any time, but this change causes all existing EtherChannels to reset to
the default channel mode for the new protocol.
Configure all ports in an EtherChannel to operate at the same speed and duplex mode (full duplex only
for LACP mode).
All ports in a channel must be on the same DFC-equipped module. You cannot configure any of the ports
to be on other modules.
On systems that are configured with nonfabric-enabled modules and fabric-enabled modules, you can
bundle ports across all modules, but those bundles cannot include a DFC-equipped module port.
You do not have to create a port-channel interface before assigning a physical interface to a channel
group. A port-channel interface is created automatically when the channel group gets its first physical
interface, if it is not already created.
You do not have to disable the IP address that is assigned to a physical interface that is part of a channel
group, but it is highly recommended.
You can create both Layer 2 and Layer 3 port channels by entering the interface port-channel command
or when the channel group gets its first physical interface assignment. The port channels are not created
at runtime or dynamically.
Any configuration or attribute changes that you make to the port-channel interface are propagated to all
interfaces within the same channel group as the port channel (for example, configuration changes are
also propagated to the physical interfaces that are not part of the port channel but are part of the channel
group).
When configuring Layer 2 EtherChannels, you cannot put Layer 2 LAN ports into manually created
port-channel logical interfaces.
Caution
Caution Do not enable Layer 3 addresses on the physical EtherChannel interfaces. Assigning bridge
groups on the physical EtherChannel interfaces causes loops in your network.
Examples
This example shows how to add EtherChannel interface 1/0 to the EtherChannel group that is specified
by port-channel 1:
Router(config-if)#
channel-group 1 mode on
Router(config-if)#
Related Commands
Command
Description
interface
Creates a port-channel virtual interface and puts the CLI in interface
configuration mode when the port-channel keyword is used.
ip address
Sets a primary or secondary IP address on an interface.
show etherchannel
Displays the EtherChannel information for a channel.
show interfaces
port-channel
Displays traffic that is seen by a specific port channel.