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Chapter31 Configuring EtherChannels
Configuring EtherChannels
This example shows how to configure an EtherChannel. It assigns two ports to channel 5 with the LACP
mode active:
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# interface range gigabitethernet0/1 -2
Switch(config-if-range)# no ip address
Switch(config-if-range)# no switchport
Switch(config-if-range)# channel-group 5 mode active
Switch(config-if-range)# end
Configuring EtherChannel Load Balancing
This section describes how to configure EtherChannel load balancing by u s ing source -b ased or
destination-based forwarding methods. For more information, see the “Load Balancing and Forwarding
Methods” section on page31-7.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode , foll ow these step s to conf i gure Eth erC hanne l loa d balan cing. This
procedure is optional.
To return EtherChannel load balancing to the default configuration, use the no port-channel
load-balance global configuration command.
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 port-channel load-balance {dst-ip | dst-mac |
src-dst-ip | src-dst-mac | src-ip | src-mac}Configure an EtherChannel load-balancing method.
The default is src-mac.
Select one of these load-distribution methods:
•dst-ip—Load distribution is based on the destination-host IP
address.
•dst-mac—Load distribution is based on the destination-host
MAC address of the incoming packet.
•src-dst-ip—Load distribution is based on the
source-and-destination host-IP address.
•src-dst-mac—Load distribution is based on the
source-and-destination host-MAC address.
•src-ip—Load distribution is based on the source-host IP
address.
•src-mac—Load distribution is based on the source-MAC
address of the incoming packet.
Step3 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step4 show etherchannel load-balance Verify your entries.
Step5 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.