Chapter 10 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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Router(config-if)# end

Exits to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 4

 

 

Router# copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Saves configuration changes to

 

 

NVRAM.

 

 

 

EtherChannel Configuration Example

Figure 10-1shows an example of encapsulation over EtherChannel. The associated commands are provided in Example 10-1and Example 10-2.

Figure 10-1

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

 

 

 

Fast Ethernet 0

 

Fast Ethernet 0

 

 

 

 

Port Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bridge-group 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Example 10-1 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

!

Cisco ONS 15310-CL, ONS 15310-MA, and ONS 15310-MA SDH Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R9.1 and R9.2

 

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10-3

 

 

 

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