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Link Aggregation Control Protocol Commands

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channel-group

 

Enables Link Aggregation on an interface.

Synopsis

channel-groupnumber 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

Interface configuration mode

Modes

 

 

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-groupcommand to remove the port-channel members.

Usage Guidelines

Examples

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.

To set the channel-group number to 4 and the mode to active:

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