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Table 218: Port Channel Configuration Fields
Field
Description
Port Channel Interface
Select the port channel to configure. The port channel follows a Slot/Port (or
Unit/Slot/Port for stacking platforms) interface naming convention, where the
slot is 3.
Port Channel Name
Enter the name you want assigned to the Port Channel. You may enter any string
of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. You must specify a valid name in order to
create the Port Channel.
Link Trap
Specify whether you want to have a trap sent when link status changes. The
factory default is enable, which will cause the trap to be sent.
Administrative Mode
Select enable or disable from the drop-down menu. When the Port Channel is
disabled no traffic will flow and LACPDUs will be dropped, but the links that form
the Port Channel will not be released. The factory default is enable.
Link Status
Whether the link is Up or Down.
STP Mode
Select the STP Administrative Mode associated with the Port Channel:
•
Disable – Spanning tree is disabled for this Port Channel.
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Enable – Spanning tree is enabled for this Port Channel.
Static Mode
Select enable or disable from the drop-down menu. The factory default is
Disable.
•
Enable – The port channel is statically maintained, which means it does not
transmit or process received LAGPDUs. The member ports do not transmit
LAGPDUs and all the LAGPDUs it may receive are dropped. A static port
channel interface does not require a partner system to be able to aggregate
its member ports.
•
Disable – The port channel is dynamically maintained. The interface transmits
and processes LAGPDUs and requires a partner system.
Local Preference Mode
This field is available only on systems that support stacking. When this option is
enabled, the LAG-destined unicast traffic egresses only out of members of the
LAG interface on the local unit. This feature makes sure that the LAG-destined
unicast traffic does not cross the external stack link when the LAG has members
on the local unit.
Load Balance
Select the hashing algorithm used to distribute the traffic load among available
physical ports in the LAG. The range of possible values may vary with the type of
switch. The possible values are:
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Source MAC, VLAN, EtherType, and source port
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Destination MAC, VLAN, EtherType and source port
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Source/Destination MAC, VLAN, EtherType, and source port
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Source IP and Source TCP/UDP Port
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Destination IP and Destination TCP/UDP Port
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Source/Destination IP and source/destination TCP/UDP Port
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Enhanced hashing mode
Port Channel Members
After you create one or more port channel, this field lists the members of the
Port Channel. If there are no port channels on the system, this field is not
present.
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