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Chapter
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Link Aggregation Control Protocol Commands

channel-group

Enables Link Aggregation on an interface.
Synopsis channel-group number mode [active | passive | on] [type standard | brocade]
no channel-group
Operands number Specifies a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) port channel-group number to
which this link should administratively belong to. The range of valid values is
1-63.
mode Specifies the mode of Link Aggregation.
active Enables the initiation of LACP negotiation on an interface.
passive Disables LACP on an interface.
on Enables static link aggregation on an interface.
type Specifies the type of LAG.
standard Specifies the 802.3ad standard-based LAG.
brocade Specifies the Brocade proprietary hardware-based trunking.
Defaults By default, the type is set to standard.
Command
Modes
Interface configuration mode
Description Use this command to add an interface to a port-channel specified by the channel-group number.
This command enables link aggregation on an interface, so that it may be selected for aggregation
by the local system. Use the no channel-group command to remove the port-channel members.
Usage
Guidelines
Only a maximum of 24 LAGs can be created. Note the following:
•A maximum of four link aggregation groups can be created per switch when the type is set to
brocade.
•A maximum of four links can become part of a single aggregation group when the type is set to
brocade and they must be on the same port-channel.
•Links 0-7 belong to port-channel 1; links 8-15 belong to port-channel 2, and links 16-23
belong to port-channel 3.
•For the standard type, a maximum of 16 links can be aggregated per aggregation group and
they can be members of any port-channel.
Examples To set the channel-group number to 4 and the mode to active: