EtherChannel Configuration Example

Chapter 9 Configuring Link Aggregation on the ML-Series Card

Configuring Link Aggregation

For information on other configuration tasks for the EtherChannel, refer to the

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

To assign Ethernet interfaces to the EtherChannel, perform the following procedure, beginning in global configuration mode:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
Step 1	Router(config)# interface fastethernet	Enters one of the interface configuration modes to
	number	configure the Fast Ethernet interface that you want
		to assign to the EtherChannel.
Step 2
Step 2	Router(config-if)# channel-group	Assigns the Fast Ethernet interface to the
	channel-number	EtherChannel. The channel number must be the
		same channel number you assigned to the
		EtherChannel interface.
Step 3
Step 3	Router(config-if)# end	Exits to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
Step 4	Router# copy running-config startup-config	(Optional) Saves configuration changes to
		NVRAM.

Figure 9-1shows an example of encapsulation over EtherChannel. The associated commands are provided in Example 9-1and Example 9-2.

Figure 9-1	Encapsulation over EtherChannel Example
	ML-Series	ML-Series
	Switch_A	Switch_B

Fast Ethernet 1

Port-Channel bridge-group 1

	POS 0	SONET STS-N	POS 0

	bridge-group 1		bridge-group 1	Fast Ethernet 1
	bridge-group 1		bridge-group 1
Fast Ethernet 0			Fast Ethernet 0
Fast Ethernet 0			Fast Ethernet 0		Port Channel
					Port Channel
					bridge-group 1


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Example 9-1 ML_Series A Configuration

hostname Switch A no ip routing

bridge 1 protocol ieee

interface Port-channel 1 bridge-group 1

hold-queue 150 in

interface FastEthernet 0 channel-group 1

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Cisco Systems 15310-CL, 15310-MA manual EtherChannel Configuration Example

Models: 15310-CL 15310-MA

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

Command

NVRAM.