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Chapter 40 Configuring EtherChannels
How to Configure EtherChannels
Configuring EtherChannel Load Balancing
This task is optional.
Configuring the PAgP Learn Method and Priority
This task is optional.
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 port-channel load-balance {dst-ip | dst-mac |
src-dst-ip | src-dst-mac | src-ip | src-mac}
Configures an EtherChannel load-balancing method.
The default is src-mac.
Select one of these load-distribution methods:
dst-ip—Specifies the destination-host IP address.
dst-mac—Specifies the destination-host MAC address of
the incoming packet.
src-dst-ip— Specifies the source-and-destination host-IP
address.
src-dst-mac—Specifies the source-and-destination
host-MAC address.
src-ip— Specifies the source-host IP address.
src-mac—Specifies the source-MAC address of the
incoming packet.
Step 3 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 interface interface-id Specifies the port for transmission, and enter interface
configuration mode.
Step 3 pagp learn-method physical-port Selects the PAgP learning method.
By default, aggregation-port learning is selected, which means
the switch sends packets to the source by using any of the ports
in the EtherChannel. With aggregate-port learning, it is not
important on which physical port the packet arrives.
Select physical-port to connect with another switch that is a
physical learner. Make sure to configure the port-channel
load-balance global configuration command to src-mac as
described in the “Configuring EtherChannel Load Balancing”
section on page 40-14.
The learning method must be configured the same at both ends
of the link.