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Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
OL-29284-01, Release 6.x
Chapter 6 Configuring PortChannels
Verifying PortChannel Configuration
port-channel 77:
2 ports, first operational port is none
fcip1 [down]
fcip2 [down]
port-channel 78:
2 ports, first operational port is none
fc2/1 [down]
fc2/5 [down]
port-channel 79:
2 ports, first operational port is fcip200
fcip101 [up]
fcip200 [up]
...
The show port-channel usage command displays details of the used and unused PortChannel numbers.

Example 6-6 Displays the PortChannel Usage

switch# show port-channel usage
Totally 3 port-channel numbers used
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Used : 77 - 79
Unused: 1 - 76 , 80 - 256

Example 6-7 Displays the PortChannel Compatibility

switch# show port-channel compatibility-parameters
physical port layer fibre channel or ethernet
port mode E/AUTO only
trunk mode
speed
port VSAN
port allowed VSAN list
Use the existing show commands to obtain further details on autocreated channel group attributes. Autocreated PortChannels are indicated explicitly to help differentiate them from the manually created PortChannels. See Examples 6-8 to 6-10.

Example 6-8 Displays Autocreated PortChannels

switch# show interface fc1/1
fc1/1 is trunking
Hardware is Fibre Channel, FCOT is short wave laser
Port WWN is 20:0a:00:0b:5f:3b:fe:80
...
Receive data field Size is 2112
Beacon is turned off
Port-channel auto creation is enabled
Belongs to port-channel 123
...

Example 6-9 Displays the Specified PortChannel Interface

switch# show port-channel database interface port-channel 128
port-channel 128
Administrative channel mode is active
Operational channel mode is active
Last membership update succeeded
Channel is auto created
First operational port is fc1/1