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Chapter26 Configuring EtherChannels Configuring EtherChannels
Configuring EtherChannels
These sections describe how to configure EtherChannel interfaces:
Default EtherChannel Configuration, page 26-7
EtherChannel Configuration Guidelines, page 26-8
Configuring Layer 2 EtherChannels, page 26-8
Configuring EtherChannel Load Balancing, page 26-10
Configuring the PAgP Learn Method and Priority, page 26-11
Note Make sure that the interfaces are correctly configured (see the EtherChannel Configuration Guidelines
section on page 26-8).
Note After you configure an EtherChannel, configuration chan ges appli ed to th e por t-ch anne l int erf ace ap pl y
to all the physical interfaces assigned to the port-channel in ter face, and co nfigurat ion cha nge s app l ied
to the physical interface affect only the interface where you apply the configuration.

Default EtherChannel Configuration

Table26-2 shows the de fault Et herCh an nel co nfigurat ion .
Table26-2 Default EtherChannel Configuration
Feature Default Setting
Channel groups None assigned.
PAgP mode No default.
PAgP learn method Aggregate-port learning on all interfaces.
PAgP priority 128 on all interfaces. (Changing this value has no effect.)
Load balancing Load distribution on the switch is based on the
source-MAC address of the incoming packet.